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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2014
Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Whitley, Coventry, Warwickshire, GB;
Rob Jerger, Southam Stockton, GB;
James Gennard, Pedmore Stourbridge, GB;
Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Coventry, Warwickshire, GB;
Abstract
An input device for use in a vehicle steering assembly. The input device includes at least one user-operable control member which is moveable between a deployed state and a retracted state. When a control member is in its deployed state it is operable to provide an input to a vehicle control system, and when retracted, it is moved to a position that avoids accidental actuation. In a particular example, the or each control member is a paddle shaped lever which is used to send gear change requests to an automatic transmission, and the lever is retracted when gear change requests do not need to be sent.