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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:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wolfgang Kuechler, Ostheim, DE;
Assignee:
Preh-Werke GmbH & Co. KG, Bad Neustadt/Saale, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05F 1/00 ; A47B 6/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05F 1/00 ; A47B 6/300 ;
Abstract
A control element for switching and controlling an electrical appliance having a cover panel includes a support (,) for receiving a top part, which can be attached and removed. The support can be glued onto the front panel (,), which need have no openings. Elements (,) are in the top part for causing an indirect control transmission through the front panel, with sensors (,) behind the front panel (,) electrically sensing the indirect control transmissions and carrying out operational functions of the electrical appliance.