Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

Venkat Srinivasan

Arne Stoschek

Sven Strohband

Philippe Alessandrini

Michael Derse

A button configuration includes a shape-changing button that has a central region and a peripheral region. The peripheral region encircles the central region and defines a surface plane. The shape-changing button has an active state and an inactive state. The central region of the button protrudes from the surface plane and provides a push button function when the button is in the active state. The central region of the button extends substantially in the surface plane and provides no push button function when the button is in the inactive state. A control panel having shape-changing buttons is also provided.

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Venkat Srinivasan