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US 11,862,409 B2Granted
Operation apparatus for vehicle
AssigneeSeoyon E-Hwa Co., Ltd.
InventorsJong Hwan Jeon, Jung Jin Jeon
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Abstract
Proposed is an operation apparatus for a vehicle that enables an appearing/disappearing of a button on a panel of a vehicle using a simplified mechanism. The operation apparatus includes: a first operation module and a second operation module, each capable of moving between a first position and a second position through an opening of a panel, and a drive unit for moving a selected one of the first operation module and the second operation module by using a single drive source.
Claims13
An operation apparatus for a vehicle, the operation apparatus comprising:
- a panel provided in the vehicle;
- a first operation module and a second operation module, each capable of moving between a first position and a second position spaced apart from each other in a front-back direction through an opening provided in the panel, and each having a button disposed at a front end thereof;
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- a drive unit having a common drive source, and for moving a selected one of the first operation module and the second operation module by transmitting a drive force of the common drive source, wherein the first operation module and the second operation module are arranged in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the front-back direction, and the drive unit further comprises:
- a first contact block provided at a rear of the first operation module and a second contact block provided at a rear of the second operation module;
- a pressure block configured to move in the orthogonal direction between the first contact block and the second contact block by the drive source, and having a first tapered surface for pressing the first contact block to move the first operation module forward and a second tapered surface for pressing the second contact block to move the second operation module forward according to a moving direction;
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- an elastic member for giving a rearward elastic force to each of the first operation module and the second operation module.
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