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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2016
Diehl Ako Stiftung & Co. KG, Wangen, DE;
Andreas Maigler, Bad Waldsee, DE;
Bruno Fuhge, Achberg, DE;
Joachim Lyszus, Baindt, DE;
Ralph Stohr, Leutkirch, DE;
Diehl AKO Stiftung & Co. KG, Wangen, DE;
Abstract
An operating device for an electronic household appliance contains a rotary control knob being mounted on a control panel such that a carrier of the rotary control knob can rotate about an axis of rotation relative to the control panel, an angle of rotation detection device for detecting an angle position of the carrier, and a control device that is connected to the angle of rotation detection device and evaluates a measurement signal generated by the angle of rotation detection device. The rotary control knob further contains an operating element that is attached in a non-rotatable manner to the carrier and embodied in an elastically deformable manner and the rotary control knob contains a sensor that is attached in a non-rotatable manner to the carrier and detects any deformation of the operating element. The control device is connected to the sensor and evaluates a measurement signal generated by the sensor.