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Control element, in particular for a motor vehicle

US10865874B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

MARQUARDT GMBH · DE

Inventors

Peter Haller · Stuttgart, DE
Rainer Berchtold · Unterschleißheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 28, 2016
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 13, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05G2009/04755
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a control element, in particular, a switching device, for manually controlling and/or activating functions in a motor vehicle, comprising a lever. The lever is mounted on a support such that the lever can be adjusted in at least one direction from a neutral position to an adjustment position. The lever interacts with a pressure element which is guided in a gate track of a gate and is resiliently loaded, in particular, in such a way that a return force in the direction of the neutral position acts on the lever when it is adjusted. A cam is present in the gate. The cam, in the neutral position, acts upon the lever in order to reduce play such that the lever is biased in the direction towards the adjustment position.

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