Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Operating device, in particular for a vehicle component
- Patent Title (中): 操作装置,特别是用于车辆部件
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Application No.: US14112603Application Date: 2012-04-17
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Publication No.: US09257243B2Publication Date: 2016-02-09
- Inventor: Rainer Siebert , Bernd Stich , Holger Kleine-Hollenhorst
- Applicant: Rainer Siebert , Bernd Stich , Holger Kleine-Hollenhorst
- Applicant Address: DE Stuttgart
- Assignee: Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GMBH
- Current Assignee: Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GMBH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Stuttgart
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- Priority: DE102011018269 20110420
- International Application: PCT/EP2012/056962 WO 20120417
- International Announcement: WO2012/143339 WO 20121026
- Main IPC: H01H13/14
- IPC: H01H13/14 ; H01H9/54 ; H03K17/96 ; H03K17/965

Abstract:
The operating device (10), in particular for a vehicle component or generally for a human/machine interface, is provided with at least one pushbutton (28), which has a depressible pushbutton element (26). In addition, the operating device (10) has a guide element (18), which defines an accommodating area (24) in which the pushbutton element (26) is at least partially accommodated and in which the pushbutton element (26) is guided, and a capacitive proximity sensor (36) with an electrode (34) for detecting an object approaching the pushbutton element (26), in particular a hand or a finger of a hand. The electrode (34) is arranged outside the accommodating area (24) of the guide element (18).
Public/Granted literature
- US20140124350A1 OPERATING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A VEHICLE COMPONENT Public/Granted day:2014-05-08
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