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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2004
Applicants:
Cedric Dupont, San Francisco, CA (US);
Arne Stoschek, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bernhard Senner, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Cedric Dupont, San Francisco, CA (US);
Arne Stoschek, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bernhard Senner, Ingolstadt, DE;
Assignee:
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A rotary knob is for operating a motor vehicle by rotation of the rotary knob, the rotary knob having an at least partially transparent display layer which rotates along in response to an angular movement of the rotary knob, and a controllable light source for displaying changeable information on the display layer.