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Granted Patent B2
US 10,509,502 · App. 15/777,152 · Granted Dec 17, 2019

Operating device

Inventors: Daniel Meemann (Hildesheim, DE); Ingo Hermanns (Hildesheim, DE); Thomas Freitag (Algermissen, DE)
Assignee: Robert Bosch Gmbh
G06F3/0414G05G1/02G05G5/03G06F3/016H04M1/0266H04M2250/22
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Patent No.
US 10,509,502
App. No.
15/777,152
Granted
Dec 17, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An operating device includes a planar operating element that includes at least one large surface and that is operable by an operator with the aid of an input element, and the operating device includes a mounting that enables a stroke movement of the operating element perpendicular to the large surface and that sets the operating element into a rotation in parallel to its large surface during the stroke movement.

Claims (16)

1. An operating device comprising:

a planar operating element including a surface and operable by an operator using an input element; and

a mounting that:

enables a stroke movement of the operating element perpendicular to the surface; and

is designed to set the operating element into rotation during the stroke movement and about an axis that is perpendicular to the surface, wherein the mounting includes levers that connect the operating element to counter bearings, and wherein the levers are tilt levers.

2. The operating device of claim 1 , wherein the tilt levers are restorable with a spring force into starting positions.

3. An operating device comprising:

a planar operating element including a surface and operable by an operator using an input element and

a mounting that:

enables a stroke movement of the operating element perpendicular to the surface; and

is designed to set the operating element into rotation during the stroke movement and about an axis that is perpendicular to the surface, wherein the mounting includes levers that connect the operating element to counter bearings, wherein the levers are flexible spring levers.

4. An operating device comprising:

a planar operating element including a surface and operable by an operator using an input element; and

a mounting that:

enables a stroke movement of the operating element perpendicular to the surface; and

is designed to set the operating element into rotation during the stroke movement and about an axis that is perpendicular to the surface, wherein the mounting includes levers that connect the operating element to counter bearings, wherein the levers are connected via first bearings to the operating element and via second bearings to the counter bearings, and a manner in which the rotation can occur is affected by a dimensioning of the levers and an arrangement of the levers to one another.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2018
From: MEEMANN, DANIEL; HERMANNS, INGO; FREITAG, THOMAS
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 046091/0305 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 222 714 · Nov 18, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180329559A1 · Nov 15, 2018