Operating device and motor vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10214116-B2
Application number	US-201515113218-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 13, 2015
Priority date	Feb 28, 2014
Publication date	Feb 26, 2019
Grant date	Feb 26, 2019

Abstract

A control device (1), in particular for car seats (7), with at least one touch-sensitive surface (2). This is designed to generate a control signal for controlling a function, in particular a car seat function, when touched by the hand of an operator. The control device (1) has at least one recess (3) within which the touch-sensitive surface (2) is positioned.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control device for a car seat, comprising:
at least one touch-sensitive surface for generating a control signal for controlling a car seat function when touched by the hand of an operator;
at least one recess within which the at least one touch-sensitive surface is positioned, wherein the at least one recess is a groove or slot to accommodate an operator's fingers; and
a switch for switching between a variety of different switching levels, the variety of different switching levels each having different adjustment functions for the car seat.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein that the at least one recess runs around a central section of the control device.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one recess has a cross section that is U-shaped, V-shaped, or L-shaped.

4. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one recess has a longitudinal extent, and the longitudinal extent of the at least one recess essentially forms a rectangle.

5. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one recess has a bottom and opposite edges, the opposite edges being of different heights in relation to the bottom of the recess.

6. A motor vehicle seat, comprising:
a seat section;
a back rest; and
a control device,
wherein the control device comprises:
a) at least one touch-sensitive surface for generating a control signal for controlling a car seat function when touched by the hand of an operator;
b) at least one recess within which the at least one touch-sensitive surface is positioned, wherein the at least one recess is a groove or slot to accommodate an operator's fingers; and
c) a switch for switching between a variety of different switching levels, the variety of different switching levels each having different adjustment functions for the car seat.

7. The motor vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein the control device is positioned on the seat section on a side section running in a direction of travel (X).

8. The motor vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein the motor vehicle seat has a means for seat adjustment having at least one of a forward-backward seat adjustment (P 1 ), a back rest angle adjustment (P 3 ), a seat height adjustment (P 2 ), and a seat pivot adjustment (P 4 ), and the control device is coupled with the means for seat adjustment for operation of the means for seat adjustment using the touch-sensitive surface.

9. The motor vehicle seat according to claim 7 , wherein the motor vehicle seat has a means for seat adjustment having at least one of a forward-backward seat adjustment (P 1 ), a back rest angle adjustment (P 3 ), a seat height adjustment (P 2 ), and a seat pivot adjustment (P 4 ), and the control device is coupled with the means for seat adjustment for operation of the means for seat adjustment using the touch-sensitive surface.

10. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one recess runs around a central section of the control device and comprises a plurality of discontinuous recesses.

Assignees

• Faurecia Autositze Gmbh

Inventors

• Gerding Rainer
• Röhrkaste Bernd

Classifications

• B60N2/22

  the back-rest being adjustable {(B60N2/2878 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60N2/06

  slidable (B60N2/12 {, B60N2/2209} take precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/0228 Primary

  Hand-activated mechanical switches (B60N2/0229 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/16

  height-adjustable · CPC title

• B60N2/0233

  Touchscreens · CPC title