Abstract: In a switching device (1) for converting a mechanical movement into an electrical switching signal, comprising a housing (2) and an electrical switching element (3) that is connected to the housing (2) and can be moved relative to it, the switching device (1) should, firstly, occupy a significantly reduced space and, secondly, be manufactured exceedingly cost-effectively and can be connected to a circuit board (13) in a simple and straightforward manner without the circuit board (13) restricting or reducing the space available for the switching device (1). This task is accomplished in that the housing (2) and the switching element (3) enclose a space (5), that at least one switching contact (11) is provided in the base (6) of the housing (2) and that the particular switching contact (11) projects in the direction of the switching element (3) and beyond the outer contour of the base.

Abstract: A fabric for interconnecting two opposite outer sheet layers and comprising two foam layers, each facing one of the opposite outer sheet layers, and an adhesive layer between each foam layer and the corresponding outer layer and a lateral foil, a foil being disposed between the two foam layers, such that the fabric is adapted to be torn apart so as to separate the two opposite layers from each other.

Abstract: A capacitive switch (1) comprising a housing frame (2), a thin-walled cover plate (3) held thereon, a printed circuit board (4) with a copper layer (6) that generates a capacitive field (7) applied to a surface (5) of the circuit board (4) that faces the cover plate (3), the copper layer (6) being connected to an inside surface (8) of the cover plate (3), the capacitive switch (1) being adapted to ensure that electrical devices can be operated safely, in that changes in the capacitive field (7) are picked up by the switch (1) in a redundant manner.

Abstract: An actuating device (1), generating an electrical switching signal, comprising a housing (2) and a cover (4) which is held in a groove (8) worked into the housing, and a switching contact (6) attached in the interior (21) of the housing (2), the switching contact (6) is moved from an initial position (a) to a switching position (b) by closure of the cover (4) either directly or by intermediate elements (19) attached to the cover (4), a reliable and positionally accurate closure of the cover (4) in order to generate a switching contact, even if the cover (4) has an off-center actuation force applied to it is achieved because at least one abutment (11) is attached facing the cover (4) on the base (23) of the housing, and has a support surface (17) corresponding to the movement of the cover (4) mounted in the groove (8), and at least one bearing element (12) is attached to the cover (4) which, when the cover (4) is in its assembled status, makes contact with the support surface (17) of the abutment (11) and is t

Abstract: A switch (1) for converting mechanically generated movements into electrical switching signals, consisting of a cover (2) and a carrier plate (3) at a distance from one another and fixedly connected together, a switching element (4) that can be moved to a limited extent relative to the cover (2) and be actuated by one or more pushbuttons (5) facing the carrier plate (3), by means of which the particular adjustment movements of the switching element (4) can be measured and are converted into switching signals, the movement direction of the switching element (4) should be being perceived as the movement direction of an object, in particular a vehicle seat, and the switch (1) can be operated in at least six different movement directions.

Abstract: An emergency off switching device for disconnecting an electrically operated machine from a circuit including a plurality of operated machines, includes a housing attached to the machine against which an externally accessible actuator cap is held in an axially movable arrangement, a contact switch accommodated in the housing which is closed when the switching device is in the non-actuated condition and by means of which the machine is electrically connected to the circuit, and a driver sleeve supported against the inside of the housing that is connected to the actuator cap with the free end of the driver sleeve opposite to the actuator cap facing the contact switch and disconnecting it from the circuit in the actuated condition, wherein a monitoring signal is generated when the switching device is in the actuated condition, to ascertain which of a plurality of the switching devices has been actuated.

Abstract: An electrical switch device including a housing having an actuator cap movably mounted thereon and a plurality of contact switches disposed therein. The cap is operable to engage the contact switches within the housing to activate the switches in a selected sequence.