US 12,073,072 B2
Operating interface of a motor vehicle having a display and an actuator and motor vehicle
Volker Sieber, Karlsbad (DE); Dominik Klaiber, Leonberg (DE); and Fabian Schmid, Grafenau (DE)
Assigned to Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/139,467.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 109 971.7 (DE), filed on Apr. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0350562 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01)
CPC G06F 3/0487 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An operating interface (10) arranged or installed in an interior of a motor vehicle, the operating interface comprising:
a surface body (11) defining at least a first part of a surface of the operating interface (10) that is visible in the interior of the motor vehicle;
at least one operating element (14) that includes a display (17), the at least one operating element (14) being shiftable relative to the surface body (11) between a resting position where the at least one operating element (14) has a first orientation to the surface body (11) and an operating position where the at least one operating element (14) has a second orientation to the surface body (11), the at least one operating element (14) that is in the resting position being inactive and not indicating a functional assignment of the at least one operating element (14), and the at least one operating element (14) that is in the operating position being active and indicating a functional assignment of the at least one operating element (14);
a circumferential gap (19) being formed between the at least one operating element (14) and the surface body (11) and surrounding the at least one operating element (14) when the at least one operating element (14) is in at least one of the resting position and the operating position; and
a sealing element (20) that extends circumferentially around the at least one operating element (14) and seals the circumferential gap (19) between the at least one operating element (14) and the surface body (11), an outer part of the sealing element (20) extending outward beyond the circumferential gap (19) and onto a part of the surface body (11) that is visible in the interior of the motor vehicle.