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Operating element, particularly for a motor vehicle

US9329616B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

Ulrich Mueller · Hamburg, DE
Johann Schneider · Lohr, DE
Manfred Mittermeier · Altmannstein, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 26, 2013
Grant date	May 3, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 26, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/20201
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An operating element, particularly for a motor vehicle, has a rotary actuator rotatable about a first axis and pivotable about at least one second axis, the rotary actuator being arranged on a rotary actuator support. The rotary actuator support is acted on by a rocker lever with a pretensioning force opposing a pivoting movement of the rotary actuator, and the rotary actuator can only be pivoted about the second axis after overcoming the pretensioning force.

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