Operating unit for a device, in particular for a vehicle component

An operating unit for a device comprising—an operating element having an operating panel, —a housing wherein the housing is attached to the device and wherein the operating element is elastically mounted on the housing, —a sensor for detection of an actuation of the operating element, —an actuator for mechanically driving the operating element upon its actuation, and —a compensating weight, wherein the compensating weight is adapted to be mechanically driven by said actuator upon detection of the actuation of the operating element and wherein the compensating weight has an elastic mounting to the housing and/or an elastic mounting to the operating element, wherein the compensating weight is configured to move to substantially compensate for a relative movement of the housing and the operating element to correspondingly dampen transmission of dynamic forces between the housing and the operating element, wherein the compensating weight moves with a phase shift of substantially 180° to the relative movement of the operating element, wherein a movement stroke of the compensating weight is selected under consideration of at least a ratio of the mass of the operating element to the mass of the compensating weight.