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US 11,600,456 B2Granted
Actuation unit for a household appliance
AssigneeDe'Longhi Braun Household GmbH
InventorChristian Dexheimer
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Abstract
An actuation unit for a household appliance, preferably an electrically drivable, household appliance, includes an actuation element, having an actuation element base. The actuation element has a protrusion portion extending from the actuation element base, which is inserted into a recess of an actuation button, such that the actuation element and the actuation button have, in an assembled state, a degree of freedom in a direction corresponding to the extension of the protrusion portion and in a further direction.
Claims17
An actuation unit for a household appliance, comprising:
- a circuit board, wherein a first switching element is provided on the circuit board,
- an actuation button having a recess, and
- an actuation element comprising an actuation element base and a protrusion portion extending from the actuation element base, wherein the protrusion portion is inserted into the recess of the actuation button,
- wherein the actuation element and the actuation button have, in an assembled state, a degree of freedom of movement in a direction corresponding to an extension of the protrusion portion and in a further direction and are fixed relative to each other in a direction perpendicular to an extension direction,
- wherein the actuation element with the protrusion portion is fixed in movement laterally in an actuation direction relative to the actuation button;
- and,
- wherein the actuation element further comprises a sliding portion, wherein a lateral movement of the sliding portion actuates a switching component of the first switching element by a sliding movement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.