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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2012
Applicant:
Behrn-hella Thermocontrol Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/96 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/9622 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); H03K 2017/9602 (2013.01); H03K 2217/96076 (2013.01); H03K 2217/96079 (2013.01);
Abstract
The operating device, such as a human-machine interface, in particular for a vehicle component, is provided with a front wall having a front side that has several fixed symbol fields and having a rear side, a capacitive sensor system that has individual electrodes associated with the symbol fields, which electrodes are arranged on the rear side of the front wall, and a carrier plate that faces the rear side of the front wall and is arranged at a distance from the front wall.