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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2023
Balluff Gmbh, Neuhausen a.d.F., DE;
BALLUFF GMBH, Neuhausen, DE;
Abstract
A sensor device for detecting at least one physical variable, comprising a housing, at least one sensor element arranged in the housing, at least one circuit board arranged in the housing and comprising a circuit arrangement, and at least one input device arranged on the housing for carrying out input operations which are processed in the circuit arrangement to influence the sensor properties, is characterised in that the input device, to realise a touch-sensitive effect, comprises an actuation area, which is arranged on a housing wall and is permeable to electric fields, and a capacitive area, which is arranged on the circuit board or is formed as part of the circuit board, and in that the circuit board is arranged in the housing such that the capacitive area lies directly below the actuation area.