Electrical Control Device
AssigneeValeo Switches and Detection Systems-VSDS
InventorsPatrice Laurent, Cédric Chartrain
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Abstract
The invention concerns a touch-sensitive surface (15) electrical control device comprising at least two adjacent active zones (3, 5, 7) for controlling in each active zone (3, 5, 7) a specific electrical function and a coating (13) provided on the touch-sensitive surface (15) and having surface ribs (9) for delimiting said active control zones (3, 5, 7). The invention is characterized in that the lower surface (18) of a rib (9) separating two adjacent active zones is shaped like a tensioned vault (20) between posts (17) which are solely supported outside the active zones of the touch-sensitive surface (15).
Claims19
A tactile surface based electrical control device comprising at least two adjacent active zones for controlling in the active zone a specific electrical function and an overlay arranged on the tactile surface and exhibiting surface ribs so as to delimit said active control zones characterized in that the lower face of a rib, separating two adjacent active zones, is made in the manner of a tensioned vault between pillars which bear only outside the active zones of the tactile surface.
An electrical control device comprising:
- a tactile surface having at least two adjacent active zones, said tactile surface for controlling a specific electrical function in at least some of the active zones;
- an overlay disposed on the tactile surface, said overlay having ribs projecting from a surface thereof wherein said ribs delimit said active zones;
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- wherein a lower face of a rib, separating two adjacent active zones, is made in the manner of a tensioned vault between pillars which bear only outside the active zones of said tactile surface.
An electrical control device comprising:
- a tactile surface having a plurality of active zones, with each of the plurality of active zones for controlling at least one specific electrical function;
- an overlay disposed on the tactile surface, said overlay having ribs projecting from a surface thereof wherein said ribs delimit at least some of the plurality of active zones with at least one of the ribs having a lower face which separates at least two active zones and wherein the lower face of the rib forms a tensioned vault between pillars which bear only outside the active zones of said tactile surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.