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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2019
Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Gantimur Meissner, Berlin, DE;
Jochen Leinberger, Stuttgart, DE;
Dominic Arnold, Gerlingen, DE;
Daniel Zarges, Schwieberdingen, DE;
Samuel Gonzalez Moraleja, Herrenberg, DE;
Jan Koerner, Leonberg, DE;
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method for operating an air inlet in a vehicle includes setting, via a touch-sensitive operator control unit in an air stream of the air inlet, a temperature and/or a volume flow of air flowing into an interior of the vehicle through the air inlet. The method also includes controlling a color of one or more luminous elements of the operator control unit depending on the setting of the temperature and/or of the volume flow. An apparatus for an inflow of air includes an air inlet, the air inlet configured to provide an inflow of an air stream into a vehicle interior, and a touch-sensitive operator control unit positioned in front of the air inlet such that the touch-sensitive control unit is disposed in the air stream, the touch-sensitive control unit being configured to set first and second operating parameters of the air inlet.