Controllable rotary knob
AssigneeZulu Og
InventorsErnst Stottinger, Michael Sternad
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Abstract
A controllable rotary knob including at least one base, at least one drive unit rigidly connected to the base, at least one transmission, and an operating part, and the operating part is configured as a housing surrounding the drive unit and the transmission, and the transmission establishes a connection between the drive unit and the operating part, wherein the drive unit has an axially symmetric structure and the drive unit and the operating element are arranged coaxially to one another.
Claims17
-16. (canceled)
A controllable rotary knob which comprises at least one base, at least one drive unit rigidly connected to the base, at least one transmission, and an operating part, wherein the operating part is configured as a housing surrounding the drive unit and the transmission, wherein the transmission establishes a connection between the drive unit and the operating part, wherein the drive unit has an axially symmetric structure and can be arranged concentrically about a rotary knob shaft, and wherein the drive unit and the operating part being arranged coaxially to one another.
The controllable rotary knob according to claim 1, wherein the drive unit is any one from the following group:
- a hollow-shaft DC motor;
- a number of stepping motors;
- a number of synchronous or asynchronous motors.
The controllable rotary knob according to claim 1, wherein the operating part is removable from the controllable rotary knob.
The controllable rotary knob according to claim 1, wherein the transmission is a planetary gear which comprises at least one planet gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.