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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2017
Behr-hella Thermocontrol Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Frank Vogt, Lichtenau-Husen, DE;
Alexander Beschnitt, Herford, DE;
Markus Karliczek, Bergkamen, DE;
Udo Treuguth, Bad Westernkotten, DE;
BEHR-HELLA THERMOCONTROL GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
An operating unit for a vehicle, e.g., an infotainment system for controlling diverse vehicle components, can include a housing and an operating element mounted in a spring-elastic manner on and/or in the housing along a vertical axis of movement extending substantially orthogonally to the operating surface and along a lateral axis of movement extending substantially transversely to the vertical axis of movement. The operating unit can also include at least one sensor for detecting an actuating movement of the operating element in the direction of the vertical axis of movement and an actuator arranged in and/or on the housing for the feedback movement of the operating element at least also in the lateral axis of movement during a detected actuating movement of the operating element, and a spring frame for the spring-elastic mounting of the operating element.