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AssigneeMethode Electronics, Inc.
InventorsVladimir Karasik, Joseph E. Khoury, Michael Shahan
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A combined windshield front and rear washing and wiping stalk switch having a single contact substrate that is adapted to engage a front wiper carrier, a front wash carrier and a rear wipe/wash carrier. To this end, the multifunctional steering column stalk switch comprises: (i) a housing; (ii) a substrate fixed inside the housing having a first leg and a second leg defining a predetermined angle between the first leg and the second leg; (iii) a conductive trace on one surface of each leg; (iv) a first carrier moveably engaged with the first leg having an electrical contact adapted to engage the conductive trace on the first leg; (v) a second carrier moveably engaged with the second leg having an electrical contact adapted to engage the conductive trace on the second leg; (vi) a first manual input device adapted to move the first carrier with respect to the first leg; and (vii) a second manual input device adapted to move the second carrier with respect to the second leg.
A multifunctional steering column stalk switch comprising:
A contact substrate that moveably engages a plurality of carriers, each carrier having an electrical contact, comprising:
A multifunctional windshield wiper stalk switch comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.