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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2024
Faurecia Interieur Industrie, Nanterre, FR;
Julien Beauregard, Le Mesnil en Thelle, FR;
Ahamed El Sayed, Chanteloup les Vignes, FR;
Romain Feilleux, Epinay sur Seine, FR;
FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIE, Nanterre, FR;
Abstract
A human-machine interface device that includes a touch-sensitive device having a touch-sensitive surface, a rotatable control knob axially movable between a high position, an intermediate position, and a low position, the control knob being electrically connected with the touch-sensitive surface permanently via a first contact element. The control knob is electrically connected with the touch-sensitive surface via a second contact element in the high position and the intermediate position but not in the low position, and the control knob is electrically connected to the touch-sensitive surface via a third contact element in the upper position but not in the intermediate position and the low position.