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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2015
Leopold Kostal Gmbh & Co. KG, Luedenscheid, DE;
Michael Bleckmann, Schwerte-Ergste, DE;
Corinna Machatzke, Schalksmuehle, DE;
Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG, Luedenscheid, DE;
Abstract
A device for operating multiple functions includes an operating element and a base. The base has side bearings with guide slots, hinge joints with pivot pins, and an actuator. The operating element is mounted in the guide slots to pivotably be mounted to the side bearings about an axis of rotation to thereby be movable between positions. At least one of the positions is assigned to a switching function. The operating element is mounted to the base on a centered bearing between the side bearings. The operating element is supported on the pivot pins. Upon the operating element being actuated to trigger a switching function, the actuator produces a haptic feedback by generating an actuating force on the operating element which causes the pivot pins to pivot in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation thereby causing the operating element to axially displace along this same direction.