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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2017
Behr-hella Thermocontrol Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Alexander Beschnitt, Herford, DE;
Harri Pankratz, Bad Sassendorf, DE;
BEHR-HELLA THERMOCONTROL GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
An infotainment system having an operating element for a vehicle is disclosed. The operating element is mounted in a spring-elastic manner with springs on and/or in a housing along a vertical axis of movement. One or more sensors for detecting an actuating movement of the operating element can also be included. The operating unit can further have an actuator arranged in and/or on the housing for feedback movement of the operator control element. Torques acting at a center of mass of the operating element as a result of the return spring elements can cancel one another out, with the result that during the feedback movement of the operating element along the axis of effective movement of the drive element of the actuator said operating element does not additionally rotate or tilt.