US 11,673,471 B2
Vehicle control panel with pressure-sensitive switch
Hugo Piccin, Cupertino, CA (US); Mark Greenspan, Oakland, CA (US); and Lavinia Danielescu, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed by Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/244,409.
Prior Publication US 2022/0348082 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 37/06 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.01)
CPC B60K 37/06 (2013.01) [B60R 11/0241 (2013.01); B60K 2370/1434 (2019.05); B60K 2370/339 (2019.05); H02J 50/00 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle interior control panel comprising a pressure-sensitive slider switch beneath a decorative surface,
wherein the slider switch is configured to change a parameter of a display panel when a user-applied pressure is moved from one location to another location along the decorative surface, and
wherein the slider switch comprises a variable resistance layer configured to complete a different circuit at each respective location of the user-applied pressure and to open each circuit when the user-applied pressure is moved away from each location at which one of the circuits is completed, a resistance of the variable resistance layer being lower at the location of the user-applied pressure than at locations with no user-applied pressure.