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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1997
Kurt Schorpp, Tuttlingen, DE;
Siegfried Klink, Schoenaich, DE;
Uwe Manzke, Weil der Stadt, DE;
Van-Hung Nguyen, Sindelfingen, DE;
Daimler-Benz AG, , US;
Abstract
A switch arrangement for a control panel placed on the dashboard or a central console in a motor vehicle. The switch arrangement comprises a housing for at least one switch having an actuating element. The switch is located in a receptacle in the housing. A mask whose contour has a curvature and a recess can be mounted on the housing, through which recess an actuating element of the switch projects after the mask has been applied. The housing has at least two housing parts, with each housing part being associated with an area of mask. The side of housing parts associated with the mask is arranged approximately parallel to a plane surface that follows the curvature of corresponding areas of the mask.