Panel comprising elements for controlling the air conditioning in a vehicle

• US 20040130535A1
• Filed: 02/20/2004
• Published: 07/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Renault Sas (Renault)
• Original Assignee: Renault Sas (Renault)
• Inventors: Grisot, Sylvain, Dortin-Deguey, Nicolas
• Application Number:
  US10/472,182
• Publication Number:
  US 20040130535A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00985 Control systems or circuits characterised by display or indicating devices, e.g. voice simulators characterised by the input of sound using a voice synthesizer B60H1/00757; B60H1/00978 takes precedence

Abstract

The invention relates to a panel (1) comprising elements (7, 11) for controlling the air conditioning in a vehicle. The inventive panel is characterised in that it comprises a central part which is intended to house some (11) of said elements and a peripheral part which is intended to house the remaining (7) elements. The configuration of said central part can be altered according to the control options provided on said panel (1).

Claims

1. A panel (1) containing means (7, 11) for controlling the air conditioning of a vehicle, characterized in that it contains a central part intended to receive certain (11) of the said means and a peripheral part intended to receive the others (7) of the said means, the conformation of the said central part being modularizable as a function of the control options provided on the said panel (1).

2. A panel (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the said central part substantially defines a disk, and in that the said peripheral part substantially defines a ring surrounding the said disk.

3. A panel (1) according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the said certain means (11) are adapted to control the flow and temperature of the air arriving in the interior of the passenger compartment (3) of the said vehicle, and in that the said other means (7) are adapted to control the mode of ventilation in the interior of the said passenger compartment (3).

4. A panel (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that the said other means (7) comprise means chosen from within the group comprising means for controlling the distribution of air, means for activating an air-cooling system and means for recycling the air of the said passenger compartment (3).

5. A panel (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the said certain means (11) comprise a first series of pushbuttons (11a, 11a′

, 11b, 11b′

).

6. A panel (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the said other means (7) comprise a second series of pushbuttons (7a to 7h)

7. A panel (1) according to claim 6, characterized in that it contains fixed ridges (9a to 9h) interposed between the pushbuttons of the said second series of pushbuttons (7a to 7h).

8. A panel (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the said certain means (11) comprise at least one rotary knob (11a, 11b).

9. A panel (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it contains a display screen (13) situated in the said central part.