Operator control device having an activation element with haptic feedback

An operator control device for an electrical apparatus, comprising:

• an activation element configured to provide haptic feedback to an operator, the activation element having a touch-sensitive operator control surface, and the activation element being configured to be activatable by an input member of the operator, triggering an activation signal;
• a first pivoting axis to which the activation element is mounted so as to be pivotable about the axis between a position of rest and a switching position;
• a second pivoting axis parallel to the first pivoting axis;
• a rotationally mounted magnetically influenceable element;
• a first electromagnetic actuator configured to be actuatable by the activation signal so as to generate a magnetic field that moves the rotationally mounted magnetically influenceable element from an initial position into a pivoting position, wherein, as a result of movement of the magnetically influenceable element, a torque sufficient to move the activation element out of the position of rest into the switching position is applied directly or indirectly to the activation element;
• and
• a second electromagnetic actuator, actuatable by the activation signal so as to generate a second magnetic field that moves the rotationally mounted, magnetically influenceable element out of the initial position into a second pivoting position, wherein, as a result of the movement of the magnetically influenceable element, a torque sufficient to move the activation element out of the position of rest into a second switching position is applied directly or indirectly to the activation element,
• wherein the first electromagnetic actuator has:
• a first pole shoe plate;
• a second pole shoe plate, approximately parallel to, at a distance from, and oppositely disposed in relation to, the first pole shoe plate, the second pole shoe plate forming the magnetically influenceable element;
• and
• a coil, configured to generate a magnetic field directed perpendicularly with respect to the plane of the first pole shoe plate, and which is assigned to the first pole shoe plate, the coil being arranged between the first and second pole shoe plates,
• wherein the second pole shoe plate is mounted so as to be pivotable about the second pivoting axis, and said second pole shoe plate is coupled in articulated fashion at an articulation point of the activation element at a distance from the second pivoting axis, said articulation point being arranged at a distance from the first pivoting axis.