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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2006
Applicants:
Kai Christen Rose, Berlin, DE;
Arne Stoschek, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kai Christen Rose, Berlin, DE;
Arne Stoschek, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignees:
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Volkswagen of America, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A substantially flat control element for controlling a vehicle component has touch-sensitive regions and is configured to generate control signals for moving the vehicle component into respective end positions in response to a first and a third one of the touch-sensitive regions of the control element being touched. A second region of the control element has subregions for allowing a variable adjustment of the vehicle component into intermediate positions between the end positions.