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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2008
Applicants:
Mark René Spingler, Elsdorf, DE;
Erika Tsubaki, Köln, DE;
Inventors:
Mark René Spingler, Elsdorf, DE;
Erika Tsubaki, Köln, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/02 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An operator control unit for devices in a motor vehicle, having a carrier element and at least one operator control element arranged on the carrier element for generating an actuating signal for at least one device in the motor vehicle. The carrier element when in the installed state forms a storage space for holding objects to be stored in the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle.