Piece of furniture with an electronic switching element for an airliner

摘要

Piece of furniture comprising an electronic switching element for controlling a cabin function for an airliner, wherein the piece of furniture has a structural layer with a cover layer arranged above the structural layer, wherein the electronic switching element is configured as a capacitive switching element and is arranged underneath the cover layer inside and/or underneath the structural layer.

主权项

1. A piece of furniture, comprising:
a cover layer; an intermediate layer; a structural layer, wherein the cover layer is above the structural layer, and wherein the intermediate layer is positioned between the structural layer and the cover layer; an electronic switching element, wherein the electronic switching element is a capacitive switching element, wherein the capacitive switching element is underneath the cover layer, and wherein the capacitive switching element is either:
(i) underneath the structural layer;(ii) inside the structural layer; or(iii) underneath the structural layer and inside the structural layer; and a light, wherein the light is above the capacitive switching element and underneath the cover layer, wherein the light is below at least a portion of the structural layer, wherein the at least a portion of the structural layer above the light comprises one or more recesses such that at least a portion of emitted light emitted from the light passes through the one or more recesses to above the at least a portion of the structural layer without passing through material of the at least a portion of the structural layer, wherein a groove having a first geometrical shape is milled through the intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer comprises a window element having a second geometrical shape that is the same as the first geometrical shape, wherein the window element is formed within the groove, fitted into the groove, or inserted into the groove, wherein the window element is at least partly transparent to visible light, and wherein the window element is arranged above the one or more recesses of the structural layer.