Patent ID: 6021690
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: B60H,Y10T

Abstract:
An operational control for use with a ventilation, heating, or air conditioning unit of a vehicle, that can be actuated by a turn knob comprising: a guide member for being attached to and manipulated by a turn knob, said guide member defining a guiding groove; an adjusting lever for actuating a Bowden-cable, said adjusting lever including a Bowden-cable receiving member for being attached to a Bowden-cable, said adjusting lever including a mounting element for mounting said adjusting lever adjacent said guide member to pivot; a guide pin attached to said adjusting lever for extending into the guiding groove for cooperating with the guiding groove so as to cause the adjusting lever to pivot when the guide member is manipulated, wherein the adjusting lever is made of a material that can be welded to steel and the guide pin is a weld-on steel ball welded to the adjusting lever;wherein the adjusting lever is of rod steel having as said mounting element a bent pivot bearing pin for being inserted in a housing pivot bearing opening for pivotally mounting the adjusting lever in a housing, and having a bent Bowden-cable-receiving pin as the Bowden-cable receiving member.