Patent ID: 9658721
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B60K,G06F

Claim:
1. A control and display module for motor vehicles comprising: a display screen that displays data; a capacitive touchpad configured for input of commands by a user, said touchpad at least partly overlapping said display screen; a casing that houses said display screen and said touchpad, said casing comprising a front frame; and a retaining and protection film with a thickness between 0.5 and 1.2 mm is fixed to the external edges of a top surface of the front frame of the casing, wherein the retaining and protection film is disposed on a top surface of the touchpad that faces away from the display screen to protect the top surface of the touchpad against external aggression, wherein the retaining and protection film secures the touchpad in the casing, in a suspended manner, on a same horizontal plane as the front frame of the casing, wherein the retaining and protection film covers the entire surface of the touchpad to create a smooth level horizontal plane on a surface of the control and display module, and wherein the retaining aid protection film includes a non-scratch coating on its external face.