Potentiometer toggle switch
AssigneeDENSO International America, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Ryan Levay, Spenser Pawlik, Javon Tucker, Murali Daruri, Jesse Moellers, Yuki Matsumoto
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Abstract
A vehicle toggle switch includes a toggle button body configured to move and to correspond to a toggle up position or a toggle down position, the toggle up position corresponds to activation of a first vehicle function, and the toggle down position corresponds to activation of a second vehicle function, a mating portion of the toggle button body that includes an end, and a potentiometer connected to the end of the mating portion and is configured to rotate in response to the movement of the toggle button body and to output a voltage in response to the rotation of the potentiometer.
Claims13
A vehicle toggle switch, comprising:
- a toggle button body configured to maneuver in a toggle up position, the toggle button body including a proximal end and a distal end at opposite ends and running along a length of a vertical axis, wherein the distal end includes a mating portion that is configured to connect with a gear configured to rotate in response to movement of the toggle button body, and wherein proximal end is connected to a toggle button cap;
- a potentiometer connected to the gear and configured to output a potentiometer voltage in response to the rotation of the gear;
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- a processor in communication with the potentiometer, wherein the processor is configured to output a first activation signal for a first vehicle function when the potentiometer voltage exceeds an upper threshold.
A vehicle toggle switch, comprising:
- a toggle head configured to move up and down;
- a toggle button body configured to move in response to movement of the toggle head, wherein the toggle button body includes a proximal end and a distal end at opposite ends and running along a length of a vertical axis, wherein the distal end includes a mating portion that is configured to connect with a rotary encoder configured to rotate in response to movement of the toggle button body and to output a voltage in response to the rotation of the rotary encoder;
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- a processor in communication with the rotary encoder, the processor is configured to output an activation signal for a vehicle function when the voltage exceeds an upper threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.