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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2019
Nbb Holding Ag, Oelbronn-Duerrn, DE;
Thomas Burchard, Pforzheim, DE;
Hans-Peter Bauer, Eisingen, DE;
NBB Holding AG, Oelbronn-Duerrn, DE;
Abstract
An input assembly for inputting a control command for an operator control apparatus is provided, comprising a pushbutton head manually displaceable along a longitudinal axis and a movable signal transmitter which is coupled to the pushbutton head via a coupling mechanism. The input assembly comprises at least one latch element having a latch head which has associated therewith at least one latch depression which the latch head enters when the pushbutton head has reached a predetermined stroke position. The at least one latch element has associated therewith a travel groove oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis, which travel groove the latch head of the latch element enters permanently. The at least one latch depression associated with the latch element is arranged in the travel groove. An operator control apparatus having such an input assembly is also provided.