Patent ID: 7302322
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A user control assembly for use on a vehicle equipped with a processor and an armrest, the processor for controlling a plurality of vehicular systems each having a plurality of adjustable features associated therewith, the user control assembly comprising: a first button deployed in the armrest and coupled to the processor for selecting a vehicular system from the plurality of vehicular systems, said first button configured to be depressed along an activation axis; a first rotary dial deployed in the armrest and coupled to the processor for adjusting a first feature associated with a selected vehicular system; and a second rotary dial deployed in the armrest and coupled to the processor for adjusting a second adjustable feature associated with the selected system, said first rotary dial and said second rotary dial having a substantially common linear rotational axis that is substantially co-linear with said activation axis.