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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2021
Behr-hella Thermocontrol Gmbh, Lippstadt, DE;
Winfried Fust, Lippstadt, DE;
BEHR-HELLA THERMOCONTROL GMBH, Lippstadt, DE;
Abstract
The operating unit for a vehicle includes an operating element having an operating surface movable in an actuating direction from a rest position into a function-triggering position and from the function-triggering position back to the rest position by means of depressing. A parallel guiding device ensures that the operating surface moves in parallel. The parallel guiding device is provided with at least one pair of engaging first and second levers which are mounted in an articulated manner with play on support elements being in turn connected to the operating element. The support elements are axially guided on a carrier element. The levers are pivotably mounted on bearing blocks, substantially free of play, so that the operating element behaves substantially free of play in directions transverse to the depressing movement. The parallel guiding device is designed in compliance with tolerances that are comparatively easy to realize in terms of manufacture.