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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2017
Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;
Jérôme Brasseur, Stockholm, SE;
Alexandre Barros Neves, Stockholm, SE;
Eddie Cheng, Stockholm, SE;
Jürgen Feser, Rothenberg ob der Tauber, DE;
Klaus Winkelmann, Rothenberg ob der Tauber, DE;
Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a switching element () for a control device, in particular of a domestic appliance. The switching element () comprises a rotatable and shiftable rim element () being rotatable around and shiftable along the same axis. The switching element () comprises a stator element (). The rim element () is rotatably and shiftably coupled to the stator element (). The switching element () comprises a micro switch () including a stationary part and a movable part (). The stationary part of the micro switch () is coupled to the stator element (), while the movable part () of the micro switch () is rotatable around and shiftable along the same axis and coupled to the rim element (). The micro switch () includes an encoder for indicating a rotation left or right and a shifting of the movable part () of said micro switch (). The switching element () comprises at least one sensor antenna () forming a part of a capacitive touch sensor.