Patent ID: 8960361
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B60K,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A control device for a motor vehicle, comprising: a manually controllable drive stage selector element; and a control element to control secondary functions of the motor vehicle, wherein the drive stage selector element is formed such that it can be used as a hand rest for control of the control element, the drive stage selector element and the control element are mounted on a common base body which is displaceable relative to an interior lining part of the motor vehicle, and the drive stage selector element and common base body are translatable in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle to select the drive stages, wherein the control element unlocks the common base body from the interior lining part to enable the common base body to be translated in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle, the drive stage selector element and the control element are mounted on a surface of the common base body which is externally exposed to an interior driver space of the motor vehicle, the control element unlocks the common base body from the interior lining part through movement of the control element in a first vertical direction to a first position, and locks the common base body to the interior lining part through movement of the control element in a second vertical direction, opposite of the first vertical direction, to a second position, wherein the first vertical direction is an upward vertical direction relative to ground, and is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle.