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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2023
Preh Gmbh, Bad Neustadt a.d. Saale, DE;
Michael Miller, Bad Neustadt a.d. Saale, DE;
Thilo Schultheis, Bad Neustadt a.d. Saale, DE;
Tobias Bodenstein, Salz, DE;
Michael Schwab, Sandberg, DE;
Preh GmbH, Bad Neustadt a.d. Saale, DE;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an input device including an operating part with an input surface; a carrier; a mount that is adapted to mount the operating part on the carrier in a restoring manner, which are configured to mount the operating part to deflect from a rest position in a deflection direction substantially parallel to the input surface and to elastically restore to the rest position; and an actuator for an excitation of movement of the operating part in the deflection direction to generate a haptic feedback for an operator; wherein the mount comprises two spring members, which extend substantially parallel to one another and substantially parallel to the input surface, and which respectively have one leaf spring strip having a spring steel and three fastening members in which the leaf spring strip is positively accommodated, wherein the fastening members are arranged in a uniformly spaced-apart manner.