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Vehicle interior component having accentuatable operating element and vehicle equipped with same

US11766940B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Elsa Davy · Munich, DE
Lenja Sorokin · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 14, 2020
Grant date	Sep 26, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 14, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2013/0287
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle interior component includes a first surface, a second surface that is adjacent to the first surface, an edge disposed between the first surface and the second surface, and an operating element where an item of operating information can be input by the operating element. The operating element is disposed adjacent to the edge on the first surface and/or on the second surface and the operating element is nonvisible in an inoperative state and is visible in an operative state.

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