Patent ID: 8610010

Claim:
Rotary control element, comprising a control element body and a rotary button displaceably mounted by means of ball bearings, wherein the bearing for displacing the rotary button is disposed underneath the rotary button, preferably within a cavity defined by the rotary button, so as to be rotatable about at least one axis of rotation, the rotary button is provided with a substantially disc-shaped inner part, which is displaceably accommodated in a cage, wherein the substantially disc-shaped inner part is mounted so as to be respectively displaceable relative to the surfaces of the cage adjoining in the direction of the axis of rotation by means of at least three, preferably evenly spaced, balls or pairs of balls, wherein the control element body and the rotary button cooperate such that a first associated switching function is provided by rotating the rotary button, wherein the rotary button is mounted so as to be displaceable relative to the control element body in at least one direction which is substantially perpendicular relative to the axis of rotation, with at least one additional switching function being provided.