Patent ID: 8446069
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: H03K

Abstract:
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.