Patent ID: 8851692

Claim:
A holding device for an operating device on a front cover of an electric appliance, the holding device comprising: a front cover attachment part; and a lighting ring part configured to be fitted onto the front of the front cover attachment part, wherein the holding device is designed for attachment to the front cover, wherein the holding device has a feedthrough for a rotating shaft of a rotary encoder of the operating device, wherein the holding device is embodied in an annular fashion around the feedthrough, wherein the lighting ring part essentially covers the front cover attachment part toward the front, wherein the front cover attachment part and the lighting ring part have a circular-ring-like intermediate space between them, in which intermediate space comprising at least one component carrier is arranged, and wherein the at least one component carrier has at least one LED on a side toward the front cover attachment part; and wherein an anti-rotation means is provided for the component carrier on the lighting ring part or on the front cover attachment part.