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US 11,764,782 B2Granted
Motor vehicle control device
AssigneeBcs Automotive Interface Solutions GmbH
InventorsNelson Carvalho, Pawel Borowczyk, Steffen Sornberger, Helmut Sowig, Viktor Beliuzhenko, Leandro Conde
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Abstract
There is described a motor vehicle control device (10) with a control unit (12), which includes a movable control element (14), and an electrode carrier (20) which comprises at least two electrodes (24) associated to the control element (14), which are contacted electrically and together with the control unit (12) form a common capacitor (38).
Claims18
A motor vehicle control device, comprising:
- a control unit, which includes a movable control element;
- an electrode carrier including at least two electrodes associated with the control element, which are contacted electrically and together with the control unit to form a common capacitor;
- and
- a resetting member which sets the control element back into its neutral position,
- wherein the resetting member is arranged between the electrode carrier and the control element and is in direct physical contact with the electrode carrier and/or the control element, and
- wherein the resetting member is electrically conductive and that the electric conductivity of the resetting member ensures that together with the electrodes it can form the common capacitor flipped open.
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A motor vehicle control device, comprising:
- a control unit, which includes a movable control element, wherein the control element is formed by a two-component injection molding method and one component is an electrically conductive material;
- an electrode carrier including at least two electrodes associated with the control element, which are contacted electrically and together with the control unit to form a common capacitor;
- and
- a switching symbol on an actuating portion of the control element,
- wherein the switching symbol is backlit in that light impinges on a back of the actuating portion which is formed at least partly transparent.
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A motor vehicle control device, comprising:
- a control unit, which includes a movable control element;
- an electrode carrier including at least two electrodes associated with the control element, which are contacted electrically and together with the control unit to form a common capacitor;
- and
- at least one further control area,
- wherein the at least one further control area is a capacitive function display control area which includes a display surface, wherein the capacitive function display control area is associated to a base module, wherein the base module includes electrically conductive portions, and the electrically conductive portions substantially extend through the base module, wherein a direction of extension is vertical to the display surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.