US 11,988,394 B2
Operator control panel and domestic appliance
Michael Reindl, Schalkham (DE); Manfred Steinbacher, Inzell (DE); and Maximilian Wild, Rosenheim (DE)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/432,119
Filed by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/054906
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/178079, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 202 805.5 (DE), filed on Mar. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0136705 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. G08B 6/00 (2006.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01); G05G 5/03 (2008.04)
CPC F24C 7/082 (2013.01) [G05G 5/03 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An operator control panel for a household appliance, said operator control panel comprising:
an operator control front, the operator control front defining at least one free area that is free of rigid connections;
a panel carrier supporting the operator control front and having a recess, the recess being disposed behind the at least one free area; and
a haptic actuator guided through the recess of the panel carrier for coupling to the operator control front so that during an operator control procedure of the operator control panel the haptic actuator outputs via the operator control front a haptic signal as feedback to a user in response to the operator control procedure.