Operating element for a proximity relating device for vehicles
First Claim
1. Operating element for a proximity regulating device for vehicles, comprising an actuating lever that has a rotatable mounted head, said head being movable from a first specified radial switch position in which the proximity regulating device sets an initial distance from a leading vehicle, to a second radial switch position for a near distance in which the proximity regulating device sets a distance from a leading vehicle that is shorter than the initial distance, and to a third radial switch position for a far distance in which the proximity regulating device sets a distance from a leading vehicle that is increased relative to the initial distance,wherein further second radial switch positions are provided for influencing a previously stored set distance for a reduction or an increase, wherein the previously stored set distance is changed continuously and as a function of residence time in the further switch positions, and wherein the head can be brought into the first specified radial switch position by resetting using outside force.
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Abstract
An operating element is provided for a proximity regulating device for vehicles with an actuating lever. The operating element actuating lever has a rotatably mounted head that can assume a plurality of radial switch positions. If the head is in its initial switch position, the proximity regulating device sets an initial distance from a leading vehicle. As the result of the rotary movement from this initial switch position, one or more additional radial switch positions can be set for a near distance in which the proximity regulating device sets a set distance from a leading vehicle that is shorter than the initial distance. Finally, one or more radial switch positions are provided in which the proximity regulating device sets a far distance that is greater than the initial distance.
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34 Claims
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1. Operating element for a proximity regulating device for vehicles, comprising an actuating lever that has a rotatable mounted head, said head being movable from a first specified radial switch position in which the proximity regulating device sets an initial distance from a leading vehicle, to a second radial switch position for a near distance in which the proximity regulating device sets a distance from a leading vehicle that is shorter than the initial distance, and to a third radial switch position for a far distance in which the proximity regulating device sets a distance from a leading vehicle that is increased relative to the initial distance,
wherein further second radial switch positions are provided for influencing a previously stored set distance for a reduction or an increase, wherein the previously stored set distance is changed continuously and as a function of residence time in the further switch positions, and wherein the head can be brought into the first specified radial switch position by resetting using outside force.
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2. Operating element for a proximity regulating device for vehicles, comprising an actuating lever that has a rotatable mounted head, said head being movable from a first specified radial switch position in which the proximity regulating device sets an initial distance from a leading vehicle, to a second radial switch position for a near distance in which the proximity regulating device sets a distance from a leading vehicle that is shorter than the initial distance, and to a third radial switch position for a far distance in which the proximity regulating device sets a distance from a leading vehicle that is increased relative to the initial distance,
wherein further second radial switch positions are provided for influencing a previously stored set distance for a reduction or an increase, wherein the previously stored set distance is changed in stages upon each selection of one of the further switch positions, and wherein the head can be brought into the first specified radial switch position by resetting using outside force.
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3. Operating element for a proximity regulating device for vehicles, comprising an actuating lever that has a rotatably mounted head, said head being movable from a first specified radial switch position in which the proximity regulating device sets an initial distance from a leading vehicle, to a second radial switch position for a near distance in which the proximity regulating device sets a distance from a leading vehicle that is shorter than the initial distance, and to a third radial switch position for a far distance in which the proximity regulating device sets a distance from a leading vehicle that is increased relative to the initial distance,
wherein the head latches in the second radial switch position for a near distance and in the third radial switch position for a far distance, and wherein the proximity regulating device, upon selection of these second and third radial switch positions, sets a previously stored set distance.
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