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Operating element having improved tilting haptics

US8284003B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Preh GmbH · DE

Inventors

Artur Klossek · Windshausen, DE
Thilo Schultheis · Bad Neustadt an der Saale, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 9, 2008
Grant date	Oct 9, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 13, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/20582
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A control element for a motor vehicle including a control button, a bearing location for the control button located in a housing of the control element, an extension firmly connected with the control button, a first permanent magnet attached to the extension, and a second permanent magnet attached in the housing, where the permanent magnets form a permanent magnet pair, and unlike poles of the magnets face each other at a distance in a mid-position of the control button, wherein a magnetically conductive material is attached at least in some areas and circumferentially to the permanent magnet pair.

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