Patents Represented by Attorney MacMillillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC
  • Patent number: 7138727
    Abstract: An apparatus in an instrument panel of a vehicle includes a first accessory control unit disposed in the instrument panel and a second accessory control unit disposed in the instrument panel. The second accessory control unit is juxtaposed with the first accessory control unit. A moveable switch panel is deployable in a first position covering at least a portion of the first accessory control unit and is deployable in a second position covering at least a portion of the second accessory control unit. The movable switch panel includes a plurality of manually actuable switch elements adaptable in response to being deployed in the first or second position to provide a first set of switch functions while in the second position and a second set of switch functions while in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Hein, Robert M. Schmidt