Method for disassembling and assembling an operating part of an operating device, and operating device

A method of installing an operating part of an operating device in a receptacle unit of the operating device, comprising:

• allowing a housing of the operating part to be disposed on a receptacle opening of the receptacle unit enabled for installing the operating part in the receptacle unit, the operating part including an operating element and a rotary ring, which surrounds the operating element, and the operating element and the rotary ring being disposed on a first end side of the housing and the housing being coupled to the rotary ring;
• based on a compressive force being exerted on the operating element of the operating device and as a result of the compressive force, the housing is displaced through the receptacle opening along a direction of a contact face of the receptacle unit that lies opposite the receptacle opening, and the housing is at least partially received in the receptacle unit;
• based on a rotating movement being performed on the operating part in a clockwise manner, the housing in the receptacle unit moves along a direction of an installed position;
• and
• based on the compressive force being cancelled, the housing is automatically moved to the installed position in the receptacle unit.

An operating device for a motor vehicle, comprising:

• an operating part which includes an operating element, a rotary ring, which surrounds the operating element, and a housing, the operating element and the rotary ring being disposed on a first end side of the housing, and the housing being coupled to the rotary ring;
• at least two latching cams disposed at a predetermined mutual spacing on a shell face of the housing;
• a receptacle unit which is specified to at least partially receive the housing, wherein
• wherein the receptacle unit has, on an internal circumferential face, at least two guide grooves, and the at least two guide grooves are specified to receive in each case one latching cam among the at least two latching cams, and
• while the housing is in an installed position in the receptacle unit, the housing is at least partially received in the receptacle unit, and one latching cam is in each case disposed in a latched position within a guide groove among the at least two guide grooves.