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US 12,222,744 B2Granted
Operating element for a motor vehicle
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsFlorian Danner, Gabriel Hairer
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Abstract
An operating element to be installed in a center console of a motor vehicle includes at least two planar elements which are at least partially touch-sensitive such that an operator can trigger a function via a touch with a hand of the operator or at least one finger of the operator and a rotary element disposed between the at least two planar elements where a cylindrical surface of the rotary element is touch-sensitive.
Claims5
An operating element to be installed in a center console of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a first planar element and a second planar element which are at least partially touch-sensitive such that an operator can trigger a function via a touch with a hand of the operator or at least one finger of the operator, wherein the first planar element is disposed at a first vertical height, the second planar element is disposed at a second vertical height, and the first vertical height is higher than the second vertical height;
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- a rotary element disposed between the first and second planar elements on a ramp depression in the operating element that extends from the first planar element toward the second planar element and from the first vertical height to the second vertical height, wherein a circumferential grip area of the rotary element is between 180° to 300°;
- wherein a cylindrical surface of the rotary element is touch-sensitive.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.