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US 11,594,384 B2Granted
Switch assembly
AssigneeAptiv Technologies AG
InventorsRafal Mucha, Lukasz Bohdan, Janusz Lipka
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Abstract
A switch assembly including a socket, a top cap, and an intermediate cart located in the socket. The intermediate cart is slidable with the socket. The top cap is in a spherical or pivot engagement with the intermediate cart. An activation force of the sliding movement is lower than an activation force of the spherical or pivot movement.
Claims20
A switch assembly comprising:
- a socket;
- an intermediate cart located in the socket, the intermediate cart configured to slidably engage the socket to define a sliding movement upon an activation force applied to a top cap;
- the top cap located in the socket, the top cap configured to spherically or pivotally engage the intermediate cart to define a spherical or pivot movement, respectively, of the top cap upon a secondary activation force applied to the top cap, the activation force of the sliding movement being lower than the secondary activation force of the spherical or pivot movement;
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- a cover located above and covering a portion of the socket, a top surface of the cover being flush with at least a part of a top surface of the top cap.
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A system comprising:
- a processing system;
- and
- a switch assembly, the switch assembly comprising:
- a socket;
- an intermediate cart located in the socket, the intermediate cart configured to slidably engage the socket to define a sliding movement upon an activation force applied to a top cap;
- the top cap located in the socket, the top cap configured to spherically or pivotally engage the intermediate cart to define a spherical or pivot movement, respectively, of the top cap upon a secondary activation force applied to the top cap, the activation force of the sliding movement being lower than the secondary activation force of the spherical or pivot movement;
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- a cover located above and covering a portion of the socket, a top surface of the cover being flush with at least a part of a top surface of the top cap.
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A system comprising:
- a processing system;
- and
- a switch assembly, the switch assembly comprising:
- a socket;
- an intermediate cart located in the socket, the intermediate cart configured to slidably engage the socket to define a sliding movement upon an activation force applied to a top cap;
- the top cap located in the socket, the top cap configured to spherically or pivotally engage the intermediate cart to define a spherical or pivot movement, respectively, of the top cap upon a secondary activation force applied to the top cap, the activation force of the sliding movement being lower than the secondary activation force of the spherical or pivot movement, the top cap comprising multiple pushing surfaces;
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- a cover located above and covering a portion of the socket, a top surface of the cover being flush with at least a part of a top surface of the top cap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.