Patent ID: 8284003

Claim:
Control element for a motor vehicle, comprising: a control button, a bearing location for the control button located in a housing of the control element, an extension firmly connected with the control button, a first permanent magnet attached to the extension, and a second permanent magnet attached in the housing, wherein the permanent magnets form a permanent magnet pair, and unlike poles of the magnets face each other at a distance in a mid-position of the control button, wherein a movement of the control button effects a relative movement of the permanent magnets while generating a restoring force in direction to the mid-position, wherein the control button is attached to a primary lever arm, wherein a magnetically conductive material is attached at least in some areas and circumferentially to the permanent magnet pair, the magnetically conductive material being attached at least on each side of a pole of the permanent magnet, wherein the extension defines a secondary lever arm with two cantilevers that are respectively offset by 90 degrees relative to each other, each of said cantilevers with first permanent magnet being attached thereto, wherein the permanent magnets are configured to be flat.