Electric switch
AssigneeMarquardt GmbH
InventorsMichael Bader, Markus Kramer
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Abstract
An electrical switch having a form of one of a joystick and a cursor switch is provided, including an operating element. The operating element interacts with at least one of rotation means such that the operating element can be rotated, and with movement means such that the operating element can be moved in at least one linear direction on a movement plane. The operating element has a switching effect on a switching element during rotation and/or during movement.
Claims18
An electrical switch having a form of one of a joystick and a cursor switch, the electrical switch comprising:
- an operating element that interacts with rotation means such that the operating element can be rotated, the operating element having a switching effect on a switching element during rotation;
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- a controllable external rotor electric motor operatively connected to the operating element such that a variable tactile sense is produced for the rotation of the operating element;
- wherein at least a part of the rotation means comprises an external rotor of the external rotor motor.
An electrical switch having a form of one of a joystick and a cursor switch, the electrical switch comprising:
- an operating element that interacts with movement means such that the operating element can be moved in at least one linear direction on a movement plane, the operating element having a switching effect on a switching element during the linear movement;
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- a magnet operatively connected to the operating element such that a tactile sense is produced for the linear movement of the operating element.
An electrical switch having a form of one of a joystick and a cursor switch, the electrical switch comprising:
- an operating element that interacts with rotation means such that the operating element can be rotated, and that interacts with movement means such that the operating element can be moved in at least one linear direction on a movement plane;
- wherein the operating element has a switching effect on a switching element during the rotation and during the linear movement;
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- wherein the linear movement and the rotation are transmitted to the movement and rotation means from the operating element by means of a cross carriage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.