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US 5,230,467 AGranted
Control display device for an air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle
AssigneeMercedes-Benz AG
InventorsErich Kubsch, Karl-Heinz Weller
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Abstract
An operating display device for an automotive air-conditioning system having an automatic operating mode which can be partially overridden by manual control of selected functions. A visual display provides a symbolic indication of the status of functions selected by said automatic operating mode as well as the status selected by manual control of such functions.
Claims5
Operating display device for an air conditioning system of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of push button keys;
- at least one of said keys being an automatic operation key operable to place said air conditioning system in an automatic operating mode wherein operating status of functions of said air-conditioning system, including at least one of:
- temperature, air flow and air distribution, are selected by said air-conditioning system;
- others of said push button keys being permanently assigned function keys individually operable to at least partially override said automatic operation mode by manually selecting a desired operating status for at least one of said functions and placing said air-conditioning system in said desired operating status;
- display means, operative at least when said air-conditioning system is in said automatic mode, for displaying a visual indication of an adjustable desired temperature setting for said air-conditioning system, current operating status of functions of said air-conditioning system selected by operation of said function keys, and current operating status of functions of said air-conditioning system which are automatically selected by said air-conditioning system in said automatic operating mode.
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