US 12,410,917 B2
Domestic appliance, operating element for a domestic appliance, and method for controlling a domestic appliance
Thomas Eric Beliveau, Munich (DE); Tobias Schmidt, Munich (DE); and Elena Leinmüller, Ottobrunn (DE)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 16/348,517
Filed by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 23, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/080217
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 9, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/104066, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 14, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 102016224302.0 (DE), filed on Dec. 7, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0277510 A1, Sep. 12, 2019
Int. Cl. F24C 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 7/083 (2013.01) [F24C 7/086 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A household appliance, comprising:
an operating region for controlling the household appliance; and
an operating element configured for attachment on the operating region by magnetic force and removal therefrom and being movable relative to the operating region, said operating element including an outer element and an inner element which is rotatable relative to the outer element, said inner element including a user interface element and a magnetic body, by which the inner element is capable of being aligned relative to the outer element by a predefined magnetic field,
wherein the operating element is secured on the operating region by a magnetic retaining force,
wherein the predefined magnetic field of the magnetic body has a defined direction, and
wherein the inner element of the operating element is capable of rotating relative to the outer element and is capable of being rotationally aligned with respect to a particular control location of the operating region by the predefined magnetic field having the defined direction when the operating element is being secured on the operating region, thereby aligning the user interface element of the inner element with the particular control location of the operating region.