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Operating device for a vehicle component with a front wall associated with a capacitative proximity sensor

US9614522B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BEHR-HELLA THERMOCONTROL GMBH · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 18, 2012
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 31, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03K2217/96079
WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The operating device, such as a human-machine interface, in particular for a vehicle component, is provided with a front wall having a front side that has several fixed symbol fields and having a rear side, a capacitive sensor system that has individual electrodes associated with the symbol fields, which electrodes are arranged on the rear side of the front wall, and a carrier plate that faces the rear side of the front wall and is arranged at a distance from the front wall.

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