Key-operated switch for a motor vehicle
OwnerGerd Rudolph, Rreiner Luleyinventors
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Abstract
A key-operated switch for a motor vehicle, especially for activating and deactivating a passenger airbag. The key-operated switch includes a closing cylinder which is arranged in a housing. The rotor of said cylinder is connected to an actuating element by means of a front-side driving element wherein the actuating element is used to actuate main switching contacts associated with fixed contacts. The actuating element is embodied as a rotary switch element including a contact bridge having a plurality of wipers. The wipers are used as main switching contacts and co-operate with contact strips used as fixed contacts.
Claims12
1-11 (Canceled)
Key-operated switch for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a lock cylinder,
- a housing for receiving the lock cylinder, wherein said lock cylinder includes a rotor which is connected through a front side driver to an actuating element for acting on switch contacts assigned to fixed contacts, wherein the actuating element is designed as a rotary switch member with a contact bridge that has a plurality contact arms serving as switch contacts, wherein the contact arms collaborate with contact pathways serving as said fixed contacts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.