Patent ID: 9343249
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G05G,H01H

Claim Text:
1. A pressure and rotationally actuated control element comprising: a support having first and second guides and an end stop; a bearing block displacebly mounted to the support at first and second ends aligned along a longitudinal axis, the bearing block including first and second swivel pins, the swivel pins are spaced apart along the longitudinal axis, extend perpendicular to a rotational axis aligned with the longitudinal axis, and are respectively pivotably supported in the first and second guides of the support, the first swivel pin adjacent to a first actuating element of a first switching element and the second swivel pin adjacent to a second actuating element of a second switching element; and a roller-shaped input element rotatably mounted on the bearing block to rotate about the rotational axis aligned with the longitudinal axis, wherein rotational actuation of the input element is transmitted to a code disk; wherein the input element with the bearing block pivotably displace relative to the first guide of the support about the first swivel pin in response to an actuating pressure on the input element adjacent the second pin to cause the second swivel pin to displace away from the second guide of the support and towards the second actuating element to actuate the second switching element; the bearing block further having a stop element between the swivel pins, wherein the stop element engages the end stop of the support in response to further actuating pressure on the input element adjacent the second swivel pin to limit displacement of the first swivel pin towards the first actuating element which would otherwise occur due to the further actuating pressure on the input element adjacent the second swivel pin.