Patent ID: 9672994
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: B60K,H01H,H03K

Claim:
1. A device for operating multiple functions, the device comprising: a base having side bearings with guide slots, hinge joints with pivot pins pivotable about a pivot axis, and an electromagnetic actuator; and an operating element having rotational axle end sections mounted in the guide slots of the side bearings of the base, respectively, to rotatably be mounted to the base about an axis of rotation normal to the pivot axis to thereby be rotatable between at least two positions, wherein at least one of the positions is assigned to a switching function; wherein the operating element is further mounted to the base on a centered bearing between the side bearings of the base, and the operating element is supported on the pivot pins of the hinge joints of the base; wherein upon detection of the operating element rotating about the axis of rotation toward the base in response to being actuated by an external force to trigger a switching function, the actuator is triggered to produce a haptic feedback by generating an actuating force generated separately from the external force, in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation on the operating element which causes the pivot pins of the hinge joints to pivot about the pivot axis thereby causing the operating element to axially displace along the direction parallel to the axis of rotation.