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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2013
Applicants:
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Matthew Jolda, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Megan McClain, San Francisco, CA (US);
Aaron Rudolph, Montara, CA (US);
Stefan Henze, Braunschweig, DE;
James Toggweiler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignees:
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); F16H 25/12 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60K 37/04 (2006.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); H01H 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/02 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 37/04 (2013.01); B60K 37/06 (2013.01); F16H 25/12 (2013.01); G06F 3/02 (2013.01); H01H 2003/085 (2013.01); Y10T 74/18576 (2015.01);
Abstract
A console includes a display and a plurality of individually-actuatable modules, including a physical key configured to slide into and out of a surface of the console. The modules include a motor, a threaded shaft coupled to and extending from the motor, and a movable platform movably attached to the threaded shaft. The physical key is movably supported on the movable platform.