Abstract: A capacitive touch switch, for a control panel of a domestic electrical appliance, includes a touch panel having an upper side and an underside. A printed circuit board is disposed at a distance below the underside of the touch panel. A sensor element is disposed between the underside of the touch panel and the printed circuit board and is in electrically conductive contact with the printed circuit board. The capacitive sensor element has a compression spring formed of an electrically conductive material and a contact element formed of an electrically conductive material, which is disposed on that side of the compression spring which faces the touch panel and which is in electrically conductive contact with the compression spring.

Abstract: Described is a display device (10) with a printed circuit board (12), with at least one light source (14) and with a single-segment or multi-segment display (16) which is connected by optical waveguides (46) to the light sources (14) which are preferably SMD-LEDs. The display device (10) has a block (18) for holding the optical waveguides (46) firmly in position, with a front surface associated with the single-segment or multi-segment display (16) and a base surface associated with the light sources (14). The optical waveguides (46) are in the form of light fingers (38, 42) which extend through the block (18). The printed circuit board (12) can include any angle of between 0 and ?90° with the multi-segment display (16).

Abstract: An operating device for a domestic electrical appliance such as a dishwasher or an electric oven, contains a control device, a plurality of electrical operating, switching and/or display elements which and a plurality of mechanical actuating elements and/or optical display elements which can be operated or observed respectively by a user and which are respectively associated with the electrical operating, switching and/or display elements. A carrier is provided for holding the plurality of actuating elements and/or optical display elements. The plurality of mechanical actuating elements and/or optical display elements and the carrier form an integral functional module. The carrier is formed from at least one hard component and the plurality of mechanical actuating elements and/or optical display elements are formed from at least one soft component, thus affording a reduced number of component elements for the operating device, which leads to advantages in regard to storage and assembly.

Abstract: Described is a display device (10) with a printed circuit board (12), with at least one light source (14) and with a single-segment or multi-segment display (16) which is connected by optical waveguides (46) to the light sources (14) which are preferably SMD-LEDs. The display device (10) has a block (18) for holding the optical waveguides (46) firmly in position, with a front surface associated with the single-segment or multi-segment display (16) and a base surface associated with the light sources (14). The optical waveguides (46) are in the form of light fingers (38, 42) which extend through the block (18). The printed circuit board (12) can include any angle of between 0 and ≧90° with the multi-segment display (16).