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Rotary selector

US7987738B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Diehl AKO Stiftung & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Werner Kaps · Weiler-Simmerberg, DE
Harald Rapp · Laufenburg (Baden), DE
Andreas Brauchle · Bad Wurzach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 29, 2008
Grant date	Aug 2, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 31, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01H25/065
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A rotary selector forms a control element for inputting a setting value to an electronic control system, in particular for a control device of an electronic domestic appliance, such as a washing machine, a dishwasher, or the like. The rotary selector has a rotatably mounted control portion and an adapter non-rotatably connected to the control portion. The adapter has a latching section with side faces arranged uniformly about its periphery. Coaxially with the latching section of the adapter is a stationary spring element formed with elastic legs arranged uniformly about a periphery of the latching section and which extend tangentially relative to the side faces of the latching section. The number of the side faces of the latching section is an integral multiple of the number of the elastic legs of the spring element.

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