Operating device with optical finger navigation module for a steering wheel
AssigneeDaimler AG
InventorsJohannes Duenninger, Volker Entenmann, Joerg Reisinger, Florian Steinert, Joachim Wuest
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Abstract
An operating device having an optical finger navigation module for installation in a steering wheel of a motor vehicle, which allows for secure operation and can be produced at low cost, is disclosed. The operating device has a mounting frame, in which a first light guiding element and the optical finger navigation module is held by a light sealing element. The light sealing element is mounted by a snap connection on the mounting frame. The mounting frame has at least one guide element with which a movement of the mounting frame can be guided.
Claims10
An operating device for installation in a steering wheel of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a mounting frame;
- an optical finger navigation module;
- a light sealing element disposed within the mounting frame;
- wherein the light sealing element is mounted by a snap connection in the mounting frame;
- wherein the mounting frame has a guide element, wherein a movement of the operating device in the steering wheel is guidable by the guide element;
- a first light guiding element;
- and
- a second light guiding element disposed between the optical finger navigation module and the light sealing element;
- wherein the first light guiding element and the optical finger navigation module are held by the light sealing element by means of the second light guiding element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.