Abstract: A switch arrangement for a control panel placed on the dashboard or a central console in a motor vehicle. The switch arrangement comprises a housing for at least one switch having an actuating element. The switch is located in a receptacle in the housing. A mask whose contour has a curvature and a recess can be mounted on the housing, through which recess an actuating element of the switch projects after the mask has been applied. The housing has at least two housing parts, with each housing part being associated with an area of mask. The side of housing parts associated with the mask is arranged approximately parallel to a plane surface that follows the curvature of corresponding areas of the mask.

Abstract: A modular switching-element block which comprises at least one base body having plug-in locations for switching elements, such as electrical switches, and is fitted with a base body which is split into a plurality of base-body modules which can be plugged into one another. In comparison with a common base body, this arrangement makes possible greater variability of the number of plug-in locations, with respect to freely selectable special fits with switching elements, and reduces the advance-provision cost for a standard fit.