Control assembly for regulating a number of functions, particularly for a vehicle

摘要

A control assembly (1) for regulating a number of functions, and particularly for a vehicle, has a control/selection device (19) enabling a user to select any one of the functions, and a knob (12) which is rotated manually to regulate the selected function; the control assembly (1) also has a motor (37) for exerting a rotation-resisting torque (C) on the knob (12), and a memory (40) containing a number of different memorized profiles (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6), each associated with a relative vehicle function and indicating a relative pattern of the resisting torque (C), depending on the angular position (A) of the knob (12); a central control unit (4) controls the motor (37) to exert on the knob (12) a resisting torque (C) corresponding to the memorized profile (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6) associated with the selected function; the control/selection device (19) extends along the axis (13) of the knob (12), and may be of different types, e.g. a "track-ball", joystick, or sensor pad; and a number of control/selection keys (30) are arranged about the knob (12).