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Rotary control device for steering

US12128963B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG · DE

Inventors

Rainer Haevescher · Schepshake, DE
Artur Neumann · Dalbke, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 10, 2020
Grant date	Oct 29, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 10, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05G2505/00
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a rotary control device (1) for steering a vehicle comprising a user interface surface (3), in particular a knob, that is embodied to rotate with respect to a housing (5) of the device (1) around a rotational axis (7) of the device (1), further comprising a sensor unit (9) for monitoring the orientation and/or rotational movement of the user interface surface (3) with respect to the housing (5), a processing unit (11), and a communications interface (13) for transmitting control signals (Ts) according to an output (Op) from the processing unit (11), said output (Op) being generated by the processing unit (11) on the basis of sensor data (Ds) from the sensor unit (9).

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