Patent ID: 8562196
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: C23C,G09F,H01H

Abstract:
1. A cap for a display and/or control element, the cap comprising: a cap member for covering a light source and/or for actuating a switch of an associated control element; and a luminous or projection area formed in the cap member and being configured such that a symbol represented on or through the luminous or projection area becomes visible on an operator side of the display and/or control element as a result of illumination by a light source, wherein the luminous or projection area includes a light-transmissive metal coating, wherein the metal coating has a three-dimensional contour for representing the symbol, wherein the three-dimensional contour of the metal coating is formed by coating a suitably designed surface of the cap member in a region of the luminous or projection area, the cap member having a three-dimensional structure that rises towards the operators side of the cap member, wherein the symbol is defined by a mask having an opaque layer.