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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2013
Behr-hella Thermocontrol Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Egbert Lamminger, Soest, DE;
Udo Treuguth, Erwitte, DE;
Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The operating device, in particular for a vehicle component, is provided with a rotary operating element (), which can be rotated about a rotation axis () and is formed as a plastic injection-molded part, which is produced in a molding die () having a die separation plane (), and with a bearing unit (), on which the rotary operating element () is mounted such that it can rotate about the rotation axis (). The bearing unit () has a first bearing element (), which is formed as a plastic injection-molded part, which is produced in a molding die () having a die separation plane (). The first bearing element () has a bearing surface (), which extends in a radial plane to the rotation axis () and concentrically to same, and the rotary operating element () has a contact surface (), which bears against the bearing surface () and likewise extends in a radial plane to the rotation axis () and concentrically to same. Either the bearing surface () of the first bearing element () or the contact surface () of the rotary operating element () is arranged outside the die separation plane () of the injection-molding die () for said relevant element (), and the other of the two surfaces () is arranged in the die separation plane () of the injection-molding die () of said relevant element ().