Patent ID: 6826805
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: B60K,G05G,H01H,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A collapsible control knob assembly, comprising;a shaft having a distal end and an end portion inwardly of said distal end; and a knob having a head and a trunk, said trunk extending outwardly from said head and having a tunnel therein defined by a tunnel surface; said tunnel having an opening at an end of said trunk opposite said head; said tunnel being adapted to receive said end portion of said shaft; said tunnel having at least one rib extending radially inwardly from said tunnel surface and having a rib end inwardly in said tunnel from said opening, said rib end adapted to abut said shaft; said shaft adapted to shear said at least one rib from said tunnel surface when a force from a collapsing event exceeds a pre-established limit, forcing said shaft and said knob toward each other.