Valeo Systemes Thermiques

Gérard Guenin

Frédéric Autran

Henry Beraud

The present invention relates to a motor vehicle control interface comprising a touch-sensitive tile () having a front face (); a housing () housing said touch-sensitive tile (), said housing () having&#x2014;an opening delimited by an edge () via which a user can access the front face () of the touch-sensitive tile (); and a levelling trim (), peripheral to the touch-sensitive tile () and interposed between an edge face () of the touch-sensitive tile () and the edge () of the housing (), characterized in that said interface further comprises a seal () inserted between a rear face () of the touch-sensitive tile () and a retaining projection () of the housing (), said seal () bordering the levelling trim () between the rear face () of the touch-sensitive tile () and the retaining projection (). The present invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such a control interface ().

Motor vehicle control interface and corresponding method of manufacture

The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a control interface for motor vehicle comprising a touch pad exhibiting a front face, and a housing accommodating said touch pad, said housing exhibiting an aperture delimited by a border for access to the front face of the touch pad by a user, characterized in that: &#x2014;in the course of a first step (), the aperture of a housing is disposed around a touch pad provided with a film on the front face, the film covering at least the front face of the touch pad and the edges of the housing, &#x2014;in the course of a second step (), a holding force is applied to the housing so as to hold it, and &#x2014;in the course of a third step (), a liquid levelling lining material is introduced into a peripheral space partitioned off by the film, the border of the housing and the rim ate touch pad, so as to spread the liquid levelling lining material in said peripheral space.

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Villeneuve le Comte, France

Gérard Guenin