US 11,914,414 B2
Control device for operating at least one vehicle actuator
Bert Brouwers, Sint-Niklaas (BE); Peter De Boeck, Antwerp (BE); Mikhail Ponomarev, Antwerp (BE); and Kruthik Kumar Sujith Kumar, Mechelen (BE)
Assigned to GRAMMER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Ursensollen (DE)
Filed by GRAMMER Aktiengesellschaft, Ursensollen (DE)
Filed on Aug. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/883,139.
Claims priority of application No. 102021120686.3 (DE), filed on Aug. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0041120 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G05G 9/047 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05G 9/047 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 2370/135 (2019.05); G05G 2009/04714 (2013.01); G05G 2009/04766 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control device for operating at least one actuator of a vehicle, the control device comprising a deflectable control lever and a housing module, wherein a first guide element rotatable about a first rotation axis and a second guide element rotatable about a second rotation axis are provided, wherein the first guide element is arranged at a first end of the control lever and the second guide element is arranged between the first end and a second end of the control lever,
wherein the housing module has at least two through holes, which are each designed as bearings for supporting the guide elements, so that the guide elements can be contacted from outside the housing module,
wherein the housing module has a first coupling area on an outer side, wherein the first coupling area comprises a bearing of the bearings and the first coupling area is designed and provided to receive an additional module, which comprises an area formed at least partially complementary to the first coupling area, in such a way that the additional module can be functionally connected to the guide element,
wherein the additional module is an actuator module being designed to apply a torque to the first rotation axis or the second rotation axis,
wherein the actuator module comprises a drive unit and an output unit, the actuator module forming a motor-gearbox combination,
wherein the actuator module comprises an actuator module housing, the actuator module housing being formed from a first actuator module housing part, which can be connected to the housing module, and a second actuator module housing part, and
wherein the output unit is received inside the actuator module housing and the drive unit is arranged outside the actuator module housing on the second actuator housing part.