Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Input device with improved spring members for movably mounting the operating part, associated spring member and assembly method
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Application No.: US18342936Application Date: 2023-06-28
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Publication No.: US12039104B2Publication Date: 2024-07-16
- Inventor: Michael Miller , Thilo Schultheis , Tobias Bodenstein , Michael Schwab
- Applicant: Preh GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Bad Neustadt a.d. Saale
- Assignee: Preh GmbH
- Current Assignee: Preh GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Bad Neustadt a.d. Saale
- Agency: M&B IP Analysts, LLC
- Priority: DE 2022116244.3 2022.06.29
- Main IPC: G06F3/01
- IPC: G06F3/01 ; G06F3/0354

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to an input device including an operating part with an input surface; a carrier; a mount that is adapted to mount the operating part on the carrier in a restoring manner, which are configured to mount the operating part to deflect from a rest position in a deflection direction substantially parallel to the input surface and to elastically restore to the rest position; and an actuator for an excitation of movement of the operating part in the deflection direction to generate a haptic feedback for an operator; wherein the mount comprises two spring members, which extend substantially parallel to one another and substantially parallel to the input surface, and which respectively have one leaf spring strip having a spring steel and three fastening members in which the leaf spring strip is positively accommodated, wherein the fastening members are arranged in a uniformly spaced-apart manner.
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