Patent attributes
The operating device (10) for a vehicle is provided with a housing (12) having a front wall (14). On the front wall (14) there is at least one operating element (18) which can be operated manually starting from an initial position for the purpose of inputting a command or activating a function. The operating element (18) has associated therewith a switch (32) having a switching member (36) upon which the operating key acts when manually operated. A supporting element (24) is also situated in the housing (12) at a distance from the operating element (18), on which supporting element (24) the switch (32) associated with the operating element (18) is situated, wherein the supporting element (24) has a flexible bar (40) having an upper surface (42) facing the operating element (18) and a lower surface (44) facing away from the upper surface (42), and the switch (32) is situated on the flexible bar. Finally, the operating device (10) is provided with an adjustment member (46) which acts upon the flexible bar (40) to adjust the bending position of the flexible bar (40) relative to the operating element (18) in the initial position thereof and to maintain and thus stabilize the flexible bar (40) in the adjusted bending position thereof when the operating element (18) acts upon the switching member (36).
