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US 11,385,736 B2Granted
Control element, system, use and method
AssigneeMotherson Innovations Company Limited
InventorThomas Agung Nugraha
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Abstract
A control element is used for a display unit, a system includes a control element and a display unit, a method of using the control element and a method for operating a display unit in conjunction with the control element are described.
Claims24
A control element for navigating through a menu of a display unit or selecting a menu item of the menu, comprising:
- at least one housing body, comprising
- at least one first housing part;
- and
- at least one second housing part which is rotatable relative to the first housing part;
- at least one finger element which rotates relative to the first housing part in response to the second housing part rotating relative to the first housing part whereby at least one bottom surface of the finger element lies, at least in areas, in at least one first plane;
- at least one key element, comprising
- at least one button element;
- and
- at least one selection element, the button element being operatively connected to the selection element whereby actuating the button element causes the selection element to move relative to at least one of the first housing part or the second housing part and to approach and touch the first plane;
- and
- at least one valve element for supporting cancelling of a suction force built by a suction cup, a valve body comprising
- at least one valve body;
- and
- at least one valve member moveable at least in sections inside the valve body whereby the valve member is fixedly connected to the second housing part,
- wherein at least one of the valve body goes through a the plate element and the valve body is fixedly connected to the first housing part or the suction cup.
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A control element for navigating through a menu of a display unit or selecting a menu item of the menu, comprising:
- at least one housing body, comprising
- at least one first housing part;
- and
- at least one second housing part which is rotatable relative to the first housing part;
- at least one finger element which rotates relative to the first housing part in response to the second housing part rotating relative to the first housing part whereby at least one bottom surface of the finger element lies, at least in areas, in at least one first plane;
- at least one key element, comprising
- at least one button element;
- and
- at least one selection element, the button element being operatively connected to the selection element whereby actuating the button element causes the selection element to move relative to at least one of the first housing part or the second housing part and to approach and touch the first plane;
- wherein the key element or at least one of the selection element and the button element is arranged with an offset for allowing to distinguish between different key elements by 90 degree, 180 degree or 270 degree relative to the finger element at least one of along an arc of a circle or in at least one cross sectional plane or a plane being perpendicular to a first direction.
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A control element for navigating through a menu of a display unit or selecting a menu item of the menu, comprising:
- at least one housing body, comprising
- at least one first housing part;
- and
- at least one second housing part which is rotatable relative to the first housing part;
- at least one finger element which rotates relative to the first housing part in response to the second housing part rotating relative to the first housing part whereby at least one bottom surface of the finger element lies, at least in areas, in at least one first plane;
- a plurality of key elements, or two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten or more than ten key elements, at least one of the plurality of key elements comprising
- at least one button element;
- and
- at least one selection element, the button element being operatively connected to the selection element whereby actuating the button element causes the selection element to move relative to at least one of the first housing part or the second housing part and to approach and touch the first plane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.