Behr-hella Thermocontrol Gmbh

Rainer Siebert

Bernd Stich

Holger Kleine-Hollenhorst

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.

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

The operating device (), in particular for a vehicle component or generally for a human/machine interface, is provided with at least one pushbutton (), which has a depressible pushbutton element (). In addition, the operating device () has a guide element (), which defines an accommodating area () in which the pushbutton element () is at least partially accommodated and in which the pushbutton element () is guided, and a capacitive proximity sensor () with an electrode () for detecting an object approaching the pushbutton element (), in particular a hand or a finger of a hand. The electrode () is arranged outside the accommodating area () of the guide element ().

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Erwitte, Germany

Rainer Siebert