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US 2004/0069658 A1Published application
Housing for an electronic key
AssigneeHuf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
InventorAlexander Jeschke
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AssigneeHuf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
InventorAlexander Jeschke
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The invention relates to a housing (10) for a key, especially for use in motor vehicles. Said housing consists of electric and electronic components (32) disposed therein and arranged at least partially on a plate (31); a recess which can be covered by an elastic keypad (14) comprising at least one key (15). According to the invention, a support (21) is associated with the keypad (14) for retention on said housing (10). The keypad (14) surrounds the support (21) which is disposed beneath the keypad with a peripheral edge (19), whereby the elastic edge (19) is supported on a shoulder (28) of the housing (10) and the edge (19) is pressed against the shoulder (28) of said housing in a sealing manner by retaining means (24, 25).
Housing for an electronic and/or mechanical key, especially for use in motor vehicles, with electrical and electronic components (32) inside the housing, at least some of which are arranged on a mounting plate (31), and with an opening in the housing, which can be covered by an elastic keypad (14) with at least one key (15), which, on its side facing the mounting plate (31), is provided with an extension, by which a component on the mounting plate that is designed as a switching element can be operated, characterized by the fact that the keypad (14) has a support (21) for mounting on the housing (10), that the keypad (14) has a peripheral edge (19) that grips the support (21) that lies below the keypad, and that the elastic edge (19) is supported on a shoulder (28) of the housing (10), such that the edge (19) is compressed against the shoulder (28) of the housing by retaining devices (24, 25) to produce a tight seal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.