Denso International America, Inc.

Denso Corporation

Jesse John Moellers

Christopher Levay

Javon Tucker

Murali Daruri

Yuki Matsumoto

Spenser Pawlik

Christopher Guzman

Homare Shirai

Praveenkumar Hanakuntimath

Brian Steele

A vehicle toggle switch includes a toggle button body configured to move and to correspond to a toggle up position or a toggle down position, the toggle up position corresponds to activation of a first vehicle function, and the toggle down position corresponds to activation of a second vehicle function, a mating portion of the toggle button body that includes an end, and a potentiometer connected to the end of the mating portion and is configured to rotate in response to the movement of the toggle button body and to output a voltage in response to the rotation of the potentiometer.

Potentiometer toggle switch

A push button for a control panel. The push button includes a button body and a reflector molded as a single, monolithic piece with links extending between the button body and the reflector. A divider of the button body is between a first light source of a printed circuit board and an indicator light guide of the button body. The divider restricts light from the first light source from illuminating the indicator light guide.

Control panel push button

A border assembly includes a semi-tubular reflector segment and a semi-tubular diffuser segment in front of the reflector segment. The reflector segment includes an inner sidewall and an outer sidewall, and a cavity therebetween. The cavity includes a backspace midway along the reflector segment and a front exit spaced therefrom. The reflector segment is configured, in relation to light emanated from the backspace, to discharge light originating from the emanated light through the front exit all along the reflector segment with a regular intensity, with the discharged light including reflections of the emanated light off the outer sidewall. The diffuser segment includes a back face positioned over the front exit and a front face spaced therefrom. The diffuser segment is configured to diffusively transmit the discharged light, resulting in the front face casting a glow.

Reflector-based illumination for a glow casting border

A control dial for inputting commands to a human-machine interface (HMI). The control dial includes a base dial mounted to a base configured to support the base dial at a neutral position, a first tilted position tilted in a first direction from the neutral position, and a second tilted position tilted in a second direction from the neutral position. The second direction is opposite to the first direction. An outer dial is rotatably mounted to the base dial such that the outer dial is rotatable to enter commands to the HMI at each one of the neutral position, the first tilted position, and the second tilted position.

Tilt and turn dial

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Jesse John Moellers