Patent · US Active

Operating element for a motor vehicle

US7674993B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

2References

13Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Preh GmbH · DE

Inventors

Martin Jeitner · Nidderau, DE
Andreas Kramlich · Schweinfurt, DE
Peter Kraus · Cologne, DE
Volker Gessner · Freiensteinau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 4, 2008
Grant date	Mar 9, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 4, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03K2217/96077
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns an operating element, in particular a pushbutton, for a motor vehicle, having at least of a touch-sensitive pushbutton operating on a capacitive basis and a housing, wherein the pushbutton is movably mounted in the housing, wherein a capacitor that forms the capacitance is composed of a metallic area applied to an inner or outer side of a surface facing the user, and the metallic area forms an electrode of the capacitor that is electrically contacted in the housing.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.