Operating device for operating apparatus mounted on vehicle
AssigneeCalsonic Kansei Corporation
InventorsKunihiko Noguchi, Jun Tosaka, Hirohisa Meguro
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Abstract
An operating device for operating apparatus mounted on the vehicle includes a dial being rotatable, a hand support, and a plurality of switches arranged adjacent to the dial. The apparatus mounted on the vehicle are turned on and off by a user when the switches are operated by the user. A pair of the openings from which operating portions of the dial protrudes are defined on left and right side surfaces of the hand support, respectively. In this way, the occurrence of misoperation is prevented.
Claims12
An operating device for operating an apparatus mounted on a vehicle on a basis of a display on a screen display device, the operating device disposed close to a driver's seat, the operating device comprising:
- a dial being rotatable;
- a hand support;
- and
- a plurality of switches arranged adjacent to the dial,
- wherein the apparatus mounted on the vehicle is turned on and off by a user when the switches are operated by the user;
- and
- wherein the hand support comprises a pair of openings from which operating portions of the dial protrudes, the pair of openings being defined on left and right side surfaces of the hand support, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.