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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2008
Artur Klossek, Windshausen, DE;
Thilo Schultheis, Bad Neustadt, DE;
Artur Klossek, Windshausen, DE;
Thilo Schultheis, Bad Neustadt, DE;
Preh GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
A control element for a motor vehicle including a control button, a bearing location for the control button located in a housing of the control element, an extension firmly connected with the control button, a first permanent magnet attached to the extension, and a second permanent magnet attached in the housing, where the permanent magnets form a permanent magnet pair, and unlike poles of the magnets face each other at a distance in a mid-position of the control button, wherein a magnetically conductive material is attached at least in some areas and circumferentially to the permanent magnet pair.