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Operating member with movably mounted actuating part and improved guidance mechanism for the parallel guidance of the actuating part

US11869731B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Preh GmbH · DE

Inventors

Arthur Klossek · Bad Neustadt an der Saale, DE
Thomas Ofenhitzer · Freiensteinau, DE
Thilo Schultheis · Bad Neustadt an der Saale, DE
Andreas Hofmann · North Bend, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 17, 2022
Grant date	Jan 9, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 10, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01H2221/058
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An operating member includes: a support; an actuating part, which defines an actuating surface is mounted on the support by a mount to be movable relative to the support, by manual actuation against a resetting force, while carrying out an actuating movement from a rest position into a depressed position; a detector having at least one force sensor, wherein the detector is adapted to detect at least one position of the actuating part; wherein the mount includes a guidance mechanism having at least one pair of coupled levers, wherein the levers are each pivotably mounted on the support by a first pivot joint and on the actuating part—by a second pivot joint to cause a pivoting movement of the at least one pair of coupled levers by the actuating movement, wherein the guidance mechanism further includes at least one coupling rod.

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