A vehicle apparatus comprising a vehicle component having circuitry for controlling a vehicle function, and an electrical actuator 100a attached to the component moveable relative to the vehicle configured to control a function of the vehicle, wherein the actuator has a display screen 102a to display an image 103a representing the vehicle function. The circuitry could include a processor (209, Fig.2), display driver (202) and a memory (207). Processing the image may include animating, flashing/blinking, rotating, enlarging, reducing, flipping or moving. The actuator may be a button, switch, dial, knob, lever or slider. A magnet may removably mount the actuator to the vehicle component. The actuator could be in communication with a second actuator and cause a function controllable by the second actuator, and could have first and second movements causing first and second functions of the vehicle. A further independent claim includes an actuator comprising a support for securing the actuator to a vehicle component, and a display screen for displaying an image representing a function of the vehicle controllable by the actuator.
Controls for vehicles
2021-10-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES |