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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
May. 25, 2020
Behr-hella Thermocontrol Gmbh, Lippstadt, DE;
Andreas Hagen, Lippstadt, DE;
Udo Treuguth, Lippstadt, DE;
BEHR-HELLA THERMOCONTROL GMBH, Lippstadt, DE;
Abstract
The operating unit () for a vehicle is provided with a housing () with a front panel (), which has a recess (), a display () arranged in the housing () and having a display area (), and a fastening device () for fastening the display () in the housing (). The fastening device () has a holding part () for the display (), which is arranged in the housing () so as to be pivotable between a preassembly position and an installation position. The housing () also has at least one bearing axle (). The holding part () has at least one bearing shell assembly () having at least two gripping-around protrusions () for mounting on the bearing axle (). The bearing axle () has a circumferential area along the longitudinal extent and in at least one mounting portion () with an outer contour which deviates from a shape complementary to the bearing shell area () of the gripping-around protrusions () of the at least one bearing shell assembly (). The bearing axle () is also arranged in the housing () so as to be oriented in such a way that the at least one bearing shell assembly () can be mounted on the bearing axle () in the preassembly position of the holding part () and, starting from the preassembly position, is pivotable into the installation position. The installation position of the holding part () is defined by bearing parts () of the housing () and holding part () abutting on each other. The fastening device also has at least one fastening element () for fixing the holding part () in its installation position in and/or on the housing ().