Patents Assigned to Contimental Automotive GmbH
  • Publication number: 20120306798
    Abstract: An operating device having an operating element with haptic feedback. The operating element can be actuated by an operator by means of an input member, the operating device includes two ferromagnetic planar components and a flat coil. The largest surfaces of the ferromagnetic planar components are oriented toward each other and the components can be moved relative to each other. The flat coil is disposed between the ferromagnetic components and the ferromagnetic planar components can be moved toward each other by energizing the flat coil. The movement of one of the ferromagnetic planar components can be perceptible to the tactile sense of the operator on the operating element either directly or by a coupling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Contimental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Zoller, Thorsten Alexander Kern