Patent ID: 7525062

Claim:
A capacitive proximity or touch sensor, comprising: an electrically insulating cover plate having a lower-side region and a touch region opposite said lower-side region; a carrier plate having an electrically conducting contact area and disposed at a distance from said cover plate; and an electrically conductive plastic body disposed between said lower-side region of said cover plate and said contact area of said carrier plate, a position of said carrier plate being fixed in relation to said cover plate and it being possible to connect said contact area of said carrier plate to an evaluation circuit for detecting and evaluating a change in capacitance of a capacitor, said capacitor being formed by said cover plate, said plastic body and said contact area, the change in capacitance being caused by an element having a potential differing from a potential of said contact area, coming into proximity of or touching said touch region of said cover plate; said plastic body being a clamping part and being form lockingly connected to said carrier plate and thus to said contact area by clamping said carrier plate, said plastic body having at least one clamping slot formed therein for holding said carrier plate at said contact area.