Vehicle electrical switch assembly
AssigneeNissan North America, Inc.
InventorsSteven Young, Nelson Phan
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Abstract
A vehicle electrical switch assembly includes an adaptor and a switch component. The adaptor has an end with a first height and a first width and an end face. The adaptor also has a first depth dimensioned such that the adaptor can be installed in a pre-existing opening of a switch bank of a vehicle. The switch component has a housing and a switch device within the housing. The housing has second height, a second width and a second depth. The second height is greater than the first height and the second width is greater than the first width such that with the switch component installed to the adaptor, the switch component completely covers the end face.
Claims20
A vehicle electrical switch assembly, comprising
- an adaptor having an end with a first height and a first width and an end face, the adaptor also having a first depth dimensioned such that the adaptor can be installed in a pre-existing opening of a switch bank of a vehicle;
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- a switch component having a housing and at least one switch device within and surrounded by at least five sides of the housing,
- one of the at least five sides of the housing having a second height and a second width, and the housing having a second depth, the second height being greater than the first height and the second width being greater than the first width such that with the switch component installed to the adaptor, the switch component completely covers the end face of the adaptor.
A vehicle electrical switch assembly, comprising:
- a switch bank of a vehicle, the switch bank having a plurality of openings that are each configured and dimensioned to receive a switch;
- an adaptor having an end face with a first height and a first width, the adaptor also having a first depth dimensioned such that the adaptor can be installed in an empty one of the plurality of openings of the switch bank;
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- a switch component having a housing and at least one switch device within and surrounded by at least five sides of the housing,
- one of the at least five sides of the housing having a second height and a second width, and the housing having a second depth, the second height being at least approximately the same as or greater than the first height and the second width being at least approximately the same or greater than the first width such that with the switch component installed to the adaptor, the switch component completely covers the end face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.