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Operating element with tilt haptics

US7944335B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Preh GmbH · DE

Inventors

Arthur Klossek · Bad Neustadt an der Saale, DE
Andreas Kramlich · Schweinfurt, DE
Peter Rajec · Bischofsheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 22, 2008
Grant date	May 17, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 3, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/20474
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An operating element is provided, in particular a joystick, with tilt haptics for a motor vehicle, having a tiltably supported lever with one primary lever arm and at least one secondary lever arm, as well as at least one pair of permanent magnets, wherein one magnet of a permanent magnet pair is located on a secondary lever arm and one magnet is located in a fixed position in the operating element in such a manner that unlike poles of the magnets are located opposite and a distance apart from one another when the operating element is in its center position.

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