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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2014
Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;
Eric Bosscher, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE;
Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a touch switch of () for a control device of an electric and/or electronic apparatus. The touch switch () comprises a non conductive layer () made of an electrically non-conductive material or material composition, a touch sensor () arranged at a bottom side or rear side of the non conductive layer (), a metallic layer () arranged at a top side or front side, respectively, of the non conductive layer (), and a cut-out () formed in the metallic layer () and arranged at the non conductive layer () opposite to the touch sensor (). The metallic layer () is connected to a ground connection (). Further, the present invention relates to a control device for an electric and/or electronic apparatus. Moreover, the present invention relates to an electric and/or electronic apparatus, in particular a domestic appliance.