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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Alexander Barke, Ingolstadt, DE;
Christian Niemeier, Ingolstadt, DE;
Assignee:
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/00 (2006.01); F16H 59/02 (2006.01); B60K 20/06 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); F16H 61/24 (2006.01); F16H 63/42 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); B62D 1/04 (2006.01); F16H 59/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/0204 (2013.01); B60K 20/06 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 37/06 (2013.01); B62D 1/046 (2013.01); F16H 59/0278 (2013.01); F16H 59/044 (2013.01); F16H 61/24 (2013.01); F16H 63/42 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); B60K 2370/1446 (2019.05); B60K 2370/158 (2019.05); B60K 2370/1537 (2019.05); B60K 2370/782 (2019.05); F16H 2063/423 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operating element of a motor vehicle provided with a contact surface. The contact surface is provided with an element, controllable via actuators, that responds to the sense of touch of an operator, through which a feedback is provided to the operator about the currently engaged gear of the transmission of the motor vehicle.