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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2007
Applicants:
Olaf Schwarz, Meine-Abbesbüttel, DE;
Rüdiger Woike, Braunschweig, DE;
Jörg Seifert, Halle, DE;
Reiner Schmidt, Wettenberg, DE;
Inventors:
Olaf Schwarz, Meine-Abbesbüttel, DE;
Rüdiger Woike, Braunschweig, DE;
Jörg Seifert, Halle, DE;
Reiner Schmidt, Wettenberg, DE;
Assignees:
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A multifunctional display and operating device in a motor vehicle includes a display field for displaying information, and, situated adjacent to the display field, includes operating elements for selecting functions, the operating elements arranged as keys which are each pivotable about a rotational axis extending in, or at an end region of the keys parallel to a surface of the display field.