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Operating device, in particular for a vehicle component

US9257243B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BEHR-HELLA THERMOCONTROL GMBH · DE

Inventors

Rainer Siebert · Villepreux, FR
Bernd Stich · Büren, DE
Holger Kleine-Hollenhorst · Lippstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 17, 2012
Grant date	Feb 9, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 5, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03K2217/96076
WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

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).

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