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Switching device for switching drive elements in a motor vehicle

US11180030B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KOSTAL Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Michael Bleckmann · Schwerte, DE
Uwe Borgmann · Recklinghausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 20, 2019
Grant date	Nov 23, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 30, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03K2217/960705
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A switching device for actuating drive elements includes first switching elements situated on a housing surface to be actuatable by fingers of a person and a second switching element situated on a housing surface to be actuatable by a palm, a palm heel, or a thumb of the person. The first and second switching elements are formed by touch surface sensors without switching contacts. In one variation, actuation of one of the first switching elements causes actuation of a corresponding one of the drive elements only when the second switching element is actuated during the actuation of the one of the first switching elements. In another variation, simultaneous actuation of one of the first switching elements and the second switching element causes a drive element corresponding to the one of the first switching elements to be actuated according to a function corresponding to the second switching element.

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