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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2005
Applicants:
Arne Stoschek, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sven Strohband, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Arne Stoschek, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sven Strohband, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Volkswagen Aktienegesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An operating element for a vehicle () for operation of a function of vehicle (), especially by pressing on the operating element or touching the operating element, is designed in such a way that the operating element includes a front electrode () and a rear electrode (), as well as a layer () arranged between the front electrode () and the rear electrode () having a dielectric elastomer.