The invention relates to a rotary control device for a vehicle comprising a user interface surface, in particular a knob, that is embodied to rotate with respect to a housing of the device around a rotational axis of the device, further comprising a sensor unit for monitoring the orientation and/or rotational movement of the user interface surface with respect to the housing, a processing unit, and a communications interface for transmitting control signals according to an output from the processing unit, said output being generated by the processing unit on the basis of sensor data from the sensor unit.

According to one embodiment, a sensor device includes an electrostatic capacitive touch panel, and an input device mounted on the touch panel. The input device includes a knob rotatably disposed about a rotation axis, and a first conductor held by the knob and being in contact with the touch panel in a part of a circumference about the rotation axis.

A cooking apparatus including a heating device, a regulating device including a regulating shaft and configured to control the heating device according to an operation of the regulating shaft, and a knob assembly provided to operate the regulating device. Where the knob assembly includes a knob body, a knob shaft coupled to the regulating shaft and a shaft holder provided to move together with the knob body. The shaft holder including a first shaft guide configured to guide the knob shaft to operate the regulating device and a second shaft guide configured to guide the knob shaft to prevent operation of the regulating device.

A cooking apparatus including a heating device, a regulating device including a regulating shaft and configured to control the heating device according to an operation of the regulating shaft, and a knob assembly provided to operate the regulating device. Where the knob assembly includes a knob body, a knob shaft coupled to the regulating shaft and a shaft holder provided to move together with the knob body. The shaft holder including a first shaft guide configured to guide the knob shaft to operate the regulating device and a second shaft guide configured to guide the knob shaft to prevent operation of the regulating device.

A one-handed joystick for cranes allows an operator to make all necessary motions with a single hand and arm for manipulating various components of a crane. The one-handed joystick includes a rotatable cylinder bar, a rotatable ring, an industrial joystick base, a rocker switch and at least two push button switches. Motions of the rotatable cylinder bar, the rotatable ring, the industrial base and the rocker switch are used to raise and lower the auxiliary hoist; raise and lower the telescopic boom for luffing a hoist; raise and lower the main hoist; slew the boom base in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction; and extend or retract the telescoping boom. The speed of main and auxiliary hosts may be changed with the two push button switches. A Deadman's switch may be installed on a back side of the rotatable cylinder bar.

A one-handed joystick for excavators allows an operator to make all necessary motions with a single hand and arm for manipulating an excavator tool. The one-handed joystick includes a rotatable cylinder bar, a rotatable ring and an industrial joystick base. The rotatable cylinder bar is grasped with a hand. The industrial base is moved front to back, or right to left. The following are preferable hand/arm motions. A downward hand curl is associated with a bucket digging motion; an upward hand curl is associated with a bucket dump; a forearm forward push is associated with a boom/stick extension; a forearm reward pull is associated with a boom/stick retraction; a left-hand movement is associated with swinging the excavator left; a right-hand movement is associated with swinging the excavator right; a clockwise hand twist is associated with a stick/boom extension; and a counter clockwise hand twist is associated with a stick/boom retraction.

This rotationally operated electronic component, with which it is possible to obtain a fixed, high operating torque in both of two shafts, is provided with: a first block body which is disposed on one side in an axial direction, and which has a first hole; a second block body which is disposed on the other side in the axial direction, and which has a second hole; an outside operating shaft having a first cylindrical portion which fits into the first hole in such a way as to rotate about the axis; an inside operating shaft which extends in the axial direction, penetrates through the first cylindrical portion and the second hole, and fits into the first cylindrical portion in such a way as to rotate about the axis; a rotating body which is fitted onto the inside operating shaft in such a way as to rotate integrally with the inside operating shaft, and which has a second cylindrical portion that fits into the second hole in such a way as to rotate about the axis; a first radial direction resilient member which is sandwiched in a radial gap between the inner circumferential surface of the first hole and the outer circumferential surface of the first cylindrical portion while being flexed against a restoring force; and a second radial direction resilient member which is sandwiched in a radial gap between the inner circumferential surface of the second hole and the outer circumferential surface of the second cylindrical portion while being flexed against a restoring force.

This rotationally operated electronic component, with which it is possible to obtain a fixed, high operating torque in both of two shafts, is provided with: a first block body which is disposed on one side in an axial direction, and which has a first hole; a second block body which is disposed on the other side in the axial direction, and which has a second hole; an outside operating shaft having a first cylindrical portion which fits into the first hole in such a way as to rotate about the axis; an inside operating shaft which extends in the axial direction, penetrates through the first cylindrical portion and the second hole, and fits into the first cylindrical portion in such a way as to rotate about the axis; a rotating body which is fitted onto the inside operating shaft in such a way as to rotate integrally with the inside operating shaft, and which has a second cylindrical portion that fits into the second hole in such a way as to rotate about the axis; a first radial direction resilient member which is sandwiched in a radial gap between the inner circumferential surface of the first hole and the outer circumferential surface of the first cylindrical portion while being flexed against a restoring force; and a second radial direction resilient member which is sandwiched in a radial gap between the inner circumferential surface of the second hole and the outer circumferential surface of the second cylindrical portion while being flexed against a restoring force.

Provided is a refrigeration appliance including a storage compartment, a user interface controller, and a user interface arranged in the storage compartment. The user interface is a stacked arrangement including a sensor assembly carrier, a graphic overlay, a light guide, and a printed circuit board (PCB) with a user interface controller and a self-capacitive electrode sensor. The main controller receives a signal from the user interface with self-capacitive electrode sensor and adjusts the temperature of the storage compartment based on the signal from the self-capacitive electrode sensor. A method controlling a refrigeration appliance with a stacked user interface is also provided.

A magnetorheological braking device with a fixed mount and with two braking components. One of the two braking components is non-rotatably affixed to the mount and the two braking components are continuously rotatable relative to one another. A first braking component extends in the axial direction. The second braking component has a hollow shell part that extends around the first braking component. A peripheral gap is filled with a magnetorheological medium. The first braking component has an electric coil and a core made from a magnetically conductive material. Magnetic field concentrators on the core and/or magnetic field concentrators on the shell part protrude into the gap, which results in a peripheral gap with a variable gap height. A magnetic field of the electric coil runs through the core and the magnetic field concentrators and through the gap into a wall of the shell part.