Mercedes-benz Aktiengesellschaft

Manfred Ohlhausen

Dieter Heinle

Oliver Beck

Martin Spengler

A control panel assembly for an air conditioning system in a motor vehicle with continuously freely accessible primary actuation elements is provided with selectively accessible secondary actuation elements arranged in an installation shaft recess in the front panel section of the control panel. The recess is covered with a cover element which can be moved about a horizontal axis of rotation. In order to provide access to the secondary actuation elements, an opening movement of the cover element uncovers the installation shaft recess with the control panel of the secondary actuation elements being simultaneously moved into a position which is accessible to the vehicle. The secondary actuation elements form a control module with a circuit board which bears them and is permanently connected to the cover element, which control module is mounted so as to be rotatable about the horizontal axis of rotation so that when the cover element is folded downwards the secondary actuation elements are swivelled into the recess in the front panel section of the control panel.

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Boeblingen, Germany

Manfred Ohlhausen