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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2008
Applicants:
Patrice Laurent, Annemasse, FR;
Xavier Drouin, Annemasse, FR;
Patrick Bonhoure, Annemasse, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DAV, Creteil, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C 10/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to an electric control device for an automobile, that comprises a touch-surface sensor using pressure-sensitive resistors and to be assembled with a holder () having a recessed or protruding three-dimensional surface, characterized in that the touch-surface () of the sensor is shaped so that, at the assembled state, a portion of at least the shaped touch-surfaces () meet each other while conforming to the shape of said three-dimensional surface () in order to define an essentially continuous touch-surface ().