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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Leopold Kostal Gmbh & Co. KG, Luedenscheid, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG, Luedenscheid, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/07 (2006.01); B60K 37/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01); G05G 1/00 (2006.01); H03K 17/972 (2006.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); H01H 13/705 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/077 (2013.01); B60K 37/00 (2013.01); B60K 37/06 (2013.01); G05G 1/00 (2013.01); H01H 13/705 (2013.01); H03K 17/972 (2013.01); H01H 2221/066 (2013.01); H01H 2233/074 (2013.01); H01H 2300/032 (2013.01); H03K 2217/958 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operator control system includes switches, RFID transponders, and a RFID reader. Each switch has a cap support and a switch cap. The switch caps are respectively interchangeably attachable to the cap supports. The RFID transponders are respectively attached to the switch caps. Each RFID transponder stores a respective piece of information identifying a respective control function so that the switch cap to which the RFID transponder is attached is associated with the respective control function. The RFID reader is arranged on at least one of the switches for reading the piece of information of at least one of the RFID transponders.