Patent ID: 6181022
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A keyboard means in stationary control units (23) in a vehicle, and in particular those which comprise a transponder for remote communication such as by means of microwaves and which, for executing the remote communication, require a specific location in the vehicle and a limited size, such that an ordinary keyboard is not suitable to arrange, characterized in that the control unit (23) is adapted to be connected to an attachment (18) in the vehicle, to an internal portion thereof, and that it comprises an outer edge portion in the form of a thin plate (23) and that the keys (24) of the means are arranged on this plate (23), which has such a limited thickness that it may be embraced in a pinching movement, preferably between the thumb and some finger, of a hand which, when operating the keyboard means, is inserted over the plate at said outer edge portion so as to enable a key to be pressed down from one side of the plate while supporting the same from the opposite side by a finger, whereby the plate and hence the control unit at its outer edge portion only need to be subjected to very limited free forces during the operation.