Continental Automotive Gmbh

Uwe Gutermuth

Robert Wolfgang Kissel

Thorsten Alexander Kern

Ingo Zoller

Sabine Vorberg

An operator control device includes an operator control element configured to provide haptic feedback to an operator. The operator control element is activatable by an input member of the operator and has: a first planar component; and a second planar component oriented in parallel with the first planar component, the first and second planar components being movable relative to one another. The first and second planar components are guidable between a position of rest and an activation position while maintaining their parallel orientation with respect to one another. In the activation position the distance between the first and second planar components is smaller than in the position of rest. The first and second planar components are spring loaded in the position of rest.

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Darmstadt, Germany

Uwe Gutermuth