Control lever for a motor vehicle
AssigneeJaeger
InventorDaniel Lagier
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Abstract
The present invention provides a control lever, in particular for a motor vehicle, the control lever comprising a fixed body (100), a first control ring (200) mounted to rotate on the body (100) and provided with a first circuit board (260) extending generally perpendicularly to its axis of rotation (102), a second control ring (300) coaxial with the first, mounted to rotate on the body (100), and provided with a second circuit board (350) extending generally perpendicularly to its axis of rotation, and at least one electrical conductor (450) extending generally parallel to the axis of rotation (102) of the rings and prevented from rotating relative to the body (100), with respective ends thereof resting in rubbing contact against each of the two circuit boards (260, 350).
Claims22
A control lever for a motor vehicle, said lever comprising:
- a fixed body;
- a first control ring, mounted to rotate on the body about an axis of rotation;
- a plate mounted to rotate on the body about said axis of rotation of the first control ring, said plate being connected to the first control ring to prevent said plate from rotating relative to the first control ring while being capable of moving in axial translation relative thereto;
- a first circuit board extending generally perpendicularly to the axis of rotation of said first control ring, the first circuit board being carried by said plate so as to rotate with the plate about its axis of rotation;
- a second control ring, coaxial with the first control ring, mounted to rotate relative to the body, about the same axis of rotation as said first control ring,
- a second circuit board, extending generally perpendicularly to the axis of rotation of said second control ring, said second circuit board being connected to said second control ring so as to rotate with this second control ring about its axis of rotation;
- a link ring provided between the two circuit boards and being mounted on the body to prevent said link ring from rotating relative to the body,
- at least one electrical conductor extending generally parallel to the axis of rotation of the rings, through the link ring, so that said conductor is prevented from rotating relative to the body, and
- means resiliently urging the plate towards the second circuit board, respective ends of said conductor resting in rubbing contact against each of the two circuit boards.
A control lever for a motor vehicle, said lever comprising:
- a fixed body;
- a guided tube fixed to the body, said guide tube having a central axis;
- a first control ring mounted on the guide tube so as to rotate about an axis of rotation which is coaxial with the central axis of the guide tube;
- a first circuit board extending generally perpendicularly to the axis of rotation of said first control ring, the first circuit board being connected to the first control ring so as to rotate with said first control ring about said axis of rotation;
- a second control ring which is provided with an inner tube engaged in the guide tube so that the second control ring is guided in rotation about the same axis of rotation as said first control ring;
- a second circuit board extending generally perpendicularly to the axis of rotation of said second control ring, said second circuit board being connected to said second control ring so as to rotate with the second control ring about its axis of rotation;
- a link ring provided between the two circuit boards and being mounted on the body so as to be prevented from rotating relative to the body, and
- at least two electrical conductors extending generally parallel to the axis of rotation of the control rings, through the link ring, so that said conductors are prevented from rotating relative to the body, with respective ends of each of the conductors bearing in rubbing contact against each of the two circuit boards.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.