Rotary/push-button controller
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Abstract
The invention relates to a rotary/push-button controller having a controller ring (18) which can be rotated about a rotation axis (7) and is arranged such that it can rotate on a holding cylinder (6) which is arranged coaxially within the control ring (18). In this case, the holding cylinder (6) is provided at its end with an input and/or display field (14), and the control ring (18) and the holding cylinder (6) can be moved axially with respect to the rotation axis (7) against a spring force from a neutral position to a switch position which operates a switching element. The input and/or display field (14) is mounted so that it can rotate about the rotation axis (7). A rotary transmitter ring is arranged coaxially on the control ring (18) and is arranged coaxially alongside a rotary transmitter (17) which is firmly connected to the holding cylinder (6) with the relative rotation position of the rotary transmitter ring with the respect to the rotary transmitter (17) being recordable.
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59 Claims
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1-28. -28. (canceled)
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29. A rotary/pushbutton controller, comprising:
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a holding cylinder having at least one of an input field and a display field at one of its ends; an operator control ring which is rotatably arranged about a rotational axis and rotatably mounted on said holding cylinder so that said holding cylinder is arranged coaxially within said operator control ring; a switch element, at least one of said operator control ring and the holding cylinder being axially moveable with respect to the rotational axis counter to a spring force from a neutral position into a switched position that activates said switch element; a rotary transmitter fixedly connected to said holding cylinder; and a rotary transmitter ring coaxially arranged on the operator control ring and arranged coaxially adjacent to said rotary transmitter such that said rotary transmitter senses a relative rotational position of said rotary transmitter ring with respect to said rotary transmitter; wherein said at least one of the input field and the display field is rotatably mounted for rotation about the rotational axis. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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