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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2020
Behr-hella Thermocontrol Gmbh, Lippstadt, DE;
Stefan Kirsch, Lippstadt, DE;
Pasi Kemppinen, Tampere, FI;
BEHR-HELLA THERMOCONTROL GMBH, Lippstadt, DE;
Abstract
The operating unit for a vehicle comprises a housing with an operating element on the front side, wherein the operating element has a display with a display surface and a cover plate, which defines an operating surface of the operating element, and has at least one projection region projecting laterally over the display, and is elastically laterally moveably mounted on and/or in the housing. An actuator is arranged below the cover plate, said actuator having a drive and a control element driven by the drive. The operating unit is also provided with an elastic actuation arm which protrudes from the cover plate and which is mechanically acted upon by the control element of the actuator at a force application point of the actuation arm. The actuation arm has a displacement portion, reaching between the cover plate and the force application point, for laterally shifting the cover plate, and is extended from the displacement portion thereof beyond the force application point, as well as being provided with an extension portion, within which the actuation arm is elastically and mechanically fixed.