Operating device for menu-controlled functions of a vehicle

US5956016A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Hermann Kuenzner · Freising, DE
• Harald Wiedemann · Hohenpeißenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 19, 1997
• Grant date: Sep 21, 1999
• Expiry date: Mar 19, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01H2003/008
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In an operating device for menu-controlled functions of a motor vehicle that can be shown symbolically on a screen and selected by an actuator, the actuator is movable between mechanical stops into a position that corresponds to the position of the symbol of the selectable function on the surface of the screen and which provides haptic feedback to the actuator when the selectable function is changed by moving the actuator.