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Switch device

  • US 8,446,069 B2
  • Filed: 06/17/2008
  • Issued: 05/21/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A switching device for switching a motor in a vehicle, on and off, the device comprising:

  • a housing;

    an operating element;

    a switch element; and

    a display;

    wherein the display is arranged on the operating element,wherein the switch element is shaped like a film and is disposed in a motor vehicle, the switch element being interposed between the housing and the display, and is activatable by the operating element,wherein at least one switch signal can be generated for a control unit by means of the switch element; and

    wherein the switch element is a piezoelectric switch, the piezoelectric switch being arranged in such a way that it generates the switch signal on insertion of the operating element into the housing,the display is connected by a bus system to at least one information source wherein the bus system provides unidirectional and/or bidirectional exchange of at least one type of information between the display and the information source, the information being displayable on the display.

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