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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2012
Uwe Gutermuth, Darmstadt, DE;
Thorsten Alexander Kern, Alsbach, DE;
Robert Wolfgang Kissel, Egelsbach, DE;
Sabine Vorberg, Goldbach, DE;
Ingo Zoller, Hoesbach, DE;
Uwe Gutermuth, Darmstadt, DE;
Thorsten Alexander Kern, Alsbach, DE;
Robert Wolfgang Kissel, Egelsbach, DE;
Sabine Vorberg, Goldbach, DE;
Ingo Zoller, Hoesbach, DE;
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
An operator control device includes an operator control element configured to provide haptic feedback to an operator. The operator control element is activatable by an input member of the operator and has: a first planar component; and a second planar component oriented in parallel with the first planar component, the first and second planar components being movable relative to one another. The first and second planar components are guidable between a position of rest and an activation position while maintaining their parallel orientation with respect to one another. In the activation position the distance between the first and second planar components is smaller than in the position of rest. The first and second planar components are spring loaded in the position of rest.