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US 11,551,892 B2Granted
Dual rotation switches
AssigneeContinental Automotive Systems, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Pasquate Tollis, Michael Eugene Carrel, Jason Todd Renaud
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Abstract
A switch assembly according to an example of this disclosure includes a disk rotatable about a disk axis in a first circumferential direction and a second circumferential direction opposite the first circumferential direction. A U-shaped spring is fixed to the disk. Rotation of the disk in the first circumferential direction moves the disk in a first axial direction, and rotation of the disk in the second circumferential direction moves the disk in the first axial direction.
Claims12
A switch assembly, comprising:
- a disk rotatable about a disk axis in a first circumferential direction and a second circumferential direction opposite the first circumferential direction;
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- a U-shaped spring wherein the U-shaped spring includes a base portion and first and second leg portions extending from the base portion, wherein the first and second leg portions are fixed to the disk, and wherein rotation of the disk in the first circumferential direction moves the disk in a first axial direction, and rotation of the disk in the second circumferential direction moves the disk in the first axial direction.
A switch assembly, comprising:
- a knob assembly including a tapered knob shaft;
- a linear encoder assembly including a disk having a slot that receives the knob shaft;
- a U-shaped spring wherein the U-shaped spring includes a base portion and first and second leg portions extending from the base portion, wherein the first and second leg portions are fixed to the disk;
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- a rotary encoder assembly including a second disk fixed to the knob shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.