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US 7,116,937 B2Granted
Electric appliance
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorHans Kinzler
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Abstract
Electric appliance, in particular in the form of an automotive radio, having a control element (4) for manual control of the electric appliance by a user, and a transmission unit (5) for wireless transmission of data from and/or to the electric appliance, the transmission unit (5) being integrated at least partially spatially into the control element (4).
Claims18
An electric appliance comprising:
- a rotary knob for manual control of the electric appliance by a user, and
- a transmission unit for wireless transmission of data from the electric appliance and/or for receipt of data from a source other than the electric appliance, wherein the transmission unit comprises an antenna for wireless transmission and reception of signals which is integrated into the rotary knob.
A car radio comprising:
- a rotary knob for manual control of the car radio by a user, and
- a transmission unit comprising an antenna for wireless transmission of data from the car radio and/or for the receipt of data from a source other than the car radio, wherein the antenna is integrated into the rotary knob.
An electric appliance comprising:
- a control element in form of a rotary knob with a hollow shaft for manual control of the electric appliance by a user, and
- a transmission unit for wireless transmission of data from the electric appliance and/or for receipt of data from a source other than the appliance, said transmission unit at least partially integrated into the hollow shaft wherein a front printed circuit board runs substantially at right angles to the axis of rotation of the hollow shaft, said board having a cutout in the region of the rotary knob, the transmission unit extending at least partially through the cutout in said board, wherein on the side of the front printed circuit board away from a rotary knob, the transmission unit is connected to a main printed circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.