US 11,718,179 B2
Playback control assembly for media playback device
Mats Barvesten, Karlskrona (SE); Johan Oskarsson, Stockholm (SE); Andreas Cedborg, Stockholm (SE); and Björn Nilsson, Uppsala (SE)
Assigned to Spotify AB, Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Spotify AB, Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/434,125.
Claims priority of application No. 18170555 (EP), filed on May 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0337389 A1, Nov. 7, 2019
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); B60K 37/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 37/06 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 37/02 (2013.01); B60K 2370/126 (2019.05); B60K 2370/131 (2019.05)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A playback control assembly for a media playback device in a vehicle, the playback control assembly comprising:
a control knob assembly movably engaged with a body of the media playback device and configured to receive manual inputs from a user for controlling playback of media content, the manual inputs including a pressing input and a rotational input, the control knob assembly including:
a front face input region configured to receive the pressing input, the front face input region configured to be physically depressible upon receiving the pressing input;
a rotational input surface configured to receive the rotational input and rotate relative to the body of the media playback device upon receiving the rotation input; and
a spring device configured to bias the front face input region to an undepressed position relative to the body of the media playback device, wherein the spring device includes:
a first spring unit causing the front face input region to pivot sideways when the pressing input against the front face input region is offset from a center of the front face input region; and
a second spring unit causing the front face input region to depress when the pressing input against the front face input region is aligned with the center of the front face input region, the second spring unit being concentric with the first spring unit.