Patent ID: 8198555

Claim:
A multi-position switch assembly for controlling a vehicle display screen comprising: a rocker configured to spherically rotate, the rocker defining an interior space; a pushbutton separate from the rocker and extending through the interior space of the rocker, the pushbutton being fixed with respect to the rocker as the rocker rotates with respect to the pushbutton and being movable linearly relative to the rocker; a ring positioned within the interior space of the rocker, the ring being engaged by the rocker for rotation therewith, wherein the ring includes an outer surface configured to matingly engage an inner surface of the rocker, the inner surface of said rocker riding along the outer surface of the rotary ring during spherical movement of the rocker about the ring; a first input device actuated by the spherical movement of the rocker; and a second input device actuated by the linear movement of the pushbutton.