Control element with proximity sensor

US7977596B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Frank Born · Dienethal, DE
• Norbert Mankel · Marburg, DE
• Joerg Reinhardt · Weil am Rhein, DE
• Stefan Schaefer · Wetzlar, DE
• Dirk Wüstenbecker · Aßlar, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 22, 2006
• Grant date: Jul 12, 2011
• Expiry date: May 4, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H03K2217/9653
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A control element includes a switching element, an operating element for operating the switching element, a printed circuit board, and an electrically conductive sensor element of a capacitive proximity sensor integrated in the operating element. The electrically conductive sensor element is designed to be electrically conductively connected to the printed circuit board.