公开(公告)号：US11003262B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-11

申请号：US16450357

申请日：2019-06-24

Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Douglas Allen Pfau ,  Rhodri Elliott ,  David Michael Whitton

IPC: G06F3/0362 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0481

Abstract: An input knob for use with a touch screen device includes stationary and moveable members. The stationary member adheres to a touch screen of the device. The moveable member moves relative to the stationary member, and is secured to the surface via the stationary member. The moveable member produces touch events on the touch surface as bits of data in response to movement of the moveable member. The moveable member may include a rotary encoder. The stationary member may include conductive pads in contact with the surface and in selective contact with a conductive mass of the moveable member. The moveable member may be ring-shaped, removeable and repositionable with respect to the surface, and/or constructed of or coated by dielectric materials. The knob may lack a direct hardwired electrical connection to or through the surface. A display system includes the touch screen device and knob.

公开(公告)号：US10393172B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-27

申请号：US15665801

申请日：2017-08-01

Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Thomas Buckingham ,  Douglas Allen Pfau

IPC: F16C29/06 ,  H01H13/12 ,  F16C29/04 ,  H01H13/04 ,  F16C31/00 ,  H03K17/965 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  H01H3/12 ,  H01H13/14

Abstract: A button assembly includes a touchpad having an upper surface extending in a generally flat plane and movable between a first position and a second position displaced from the first position in response to the application of a pressing force perpendicular to the upper surface. Additional, smaller pushbuttons may be located adjacent the touchpad. A sub-bezel includes a housing defining a cavity for holding a linear bearing for guiding the touchpad in a linear path perpendicular to the upper surface. The linear bearing includes a plurality of first ball bearings and second ball bearings separated by a first distance perpendicular to the upper surface. The ball bearings may be sandwiched between a bearing outer member and a bearing inner member which includes an inner-top member secured to an inner-bottom member with a screw. A bearing carrier holds the ball bearings within troughs in the bearing outer member.

公开(公告)号：US20190391671A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-26

申请号：US16450357

申请日：2019-06-24

Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Douglas Allen Pfau ,  Rhodri Elliott ,  David Michael Whitton

IPC: G06F3/0362 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: An input knob for use with a touch screen device includes stationary and moveable members. The stationary member adheres to a touch screen of the device. The moveable member moves relative to the stationary member, and is secured to the surface via the stationary member. The moveable member produces touch events on the touch surface as bits of data in response to movement of the moveable member. The moveable member may include a rotary encoder. The stationary member may include conductive pads in contact with the surface and in selective contact with a conductive mass of the moveable member. The moveable member may be ring-shaped, removeable and repositionable with respect to the surface, and/or constructed of or coated by dielectric materials. The knob may lack a direct hardwired electrical connection to or through the surface. A display system includes the touch screen device and knob.

公开(公告)号：US20190310470A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-10

申请号：US15949464

申请日：2018-04-10

Applicant: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Paul Fredrick Luther Weindorf ,  Upton Beall Bowden ,  Douglas Allen Pfau

IPC: G02B27/00 ,  B60R11/04 ,  B60S1/56

Abstract: A system for maintaining a clear lens on a camera may include a camera housing including a camera door, a microprocessor disposed in the camera housing and including memory and instructions stored in the memory to operate the camera door in a plurality of modes to maintain the clear the lens of the camera. The system may further include an air treatment device configured to be operated by the microprocessor in the plurality of modes, a blower fan to generate pressurized air, a heater coil configured to selectively heat the pressurized air, and a plurality of shutters configured to direct the pressurized air that may be operated by at least one solenoid.

公开(公告)号：US10365736B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-30

申请号：US14854848

申请日：2015-09-15

Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Christopher W. Gattis ,  Douglas Allen Pfau

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/03 ,  G06F3/048

Abstract: Systems for implementing a morphing pad are provided herein. The systems include various components to receive data, the data being translated to a morphing pad engager to engage a morphing pad. Also included is a description of a method of manufacturing a morphing pad. Additionally, a morphing pad is described in detail above.

公开(公告)号：US20190202361A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US16235215

申请日：2018-12-28

Applicant: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Paul Fredrick Luther Weindorf ,  Brian John Hayden ,  Douglas Allen Pfau

IPC: B60R1/12 ,  B60K35/00 ,  B60R1/04

CPC classification number: B60R1/04 ,  B60R1/083 ,  B60R2001/1253

Abstract: A rear display system includes a display device disposed in a housing to generate an image on a projection surface. A mirror element is disposed proximate the display device and a lens is disposed proximate the mirror element. A tilt mechanism for adjustably positioning the mirror element relative to the display device between a first position and at least one second position includes a mounting assembly having at least one arm receiving and engaging one or more portions of the mirror element, a biasing element positioned between the mirror element and the mounting assembly and an adjustment apparatus having an indexing device configured to adjustably position the mirror element between the first position and the at least one second position relative to the display device.

公开(公告)号：US20180095563A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-05

申请号：US15286206

申请日：2016-10-05

Applicant: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Akhil Keshav Mali ,  Joy Marie Apostol ,  Douglas Allen Pfau ,  Kathleen Ann Walsh

IPC: G06F3/047

CPC classification number: G06F3/047 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: A non-rectilinear touch surface is disclosed herein. The non-rectilinear touch surface is shown with wires extending from a top to bottom side, and a left to right side, with the intersection of said wires allowing for the performance of touch-based technology. Also included herein is a method for producing the non-rectilinear touch surface.