US 12,187,123 B2
Control panel intended to be arranged inside the passenger compartment of a vehicle and control assembly comprising the control panel
Rajesh Sonwane, Satara Parisar—Aurangabad Maha (IN); Ahamed El Sayed, Chanteloup les Vignes (FR); and Jérôme Ple, Cergy (FR)
Assigned to FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIE, Nanterre (FR)
Filed by FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIE, Nanterre (FR)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/720,121.
Claims priority of application No. 2103814 (FR), filed on Apr. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324330 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 35/10 (2024.01); G01B 7/16 (2006.01); H01H 13/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 35/10 (2024.01) [G01B 7/18 (2013.01); H01H 13/14 (2013.01); B60K 2360/42 (2024.01); B60K 2360/48 (2024.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Control panel for a passenger compartment of a vehicle, comprising:
a trim element having a first outer face configured to be oriented towards the passenger compartment and a first inner face opposite to said first outer face,
a support element having a second outer face oriented towards the first inner face of the trim element and a second inner face opposite to said second outer face, and
a group of force sensors configured for detecting a control force applied to the first outer face within a control area corresponding to each force sensor, each control area extending from a corresponding force sensor of the group of force sensors to the first outer face, each force sensor of the group of force sensors being carried by a printed circuit board fixed on the second inner face facing the control area, each printed circuit board being arranged between the support element and the corresponding force sensor of the group of force sensors being carried by the printed circuit board,
wherein the support element has a mechanical weakening within a detection area, said detection area including each of the control areas and extending around the control areas to a peripheral boundary located at a predetermined distance from the group of force sensors, said mechanical weakening being formed by a recess in the second inner face.