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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2012
Alexander Thorsten Kern, Alsbach, DE;
Ingo Zoller, Hoesbach, DE;
Alexander Thorsten Kern, Alsbach, DE;
Ingo Zoller, Hoesbach, DE;
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
An operator control device has an operating element with haptic feedback. The operating element has a touch-sensitive operator control area and is operated through an input element. The device includes a first and a stationary second flat component that are composed of a ferromagnetic material and arranged to face each other in parallel by way of their large areas. The operator control device also includes a coil or an electrical conductor that is arranged between the first and second flat components and associated with a first pole shoe that is connected to the second flat component and projects in relation to the first flat component. A magnetic field can be generated by applying current to the coil or to the conductor, and the first flat component is driven by the magnetic field such that the first flat component can be displaced horizontally with respect to the stationary second flat component.