Switch lever of a steering column switch for motor vehicles
AssigneeSWF Auto-Electric GmbH
InventorsWolfgang Kerner, Franz Schreiber, Adam Weber
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Abstract
A switch lever of a steering column switch for motor vehicles has an electric switch arranged at the free end of the switch lever and includes at least one switch component and a housing, which is inserted as a functional switch unit with its housing in a holder in the free end of the switch lever. In the free end of the switch lever there are first electric connection contacts with which corresponding second electric connection contacts on the switch unit can be put into operational connection on the insertion of said switch unit. This provides a switch lever, the assembly of which to the switch unit is simplified and which at the same time ensures reliable operation.
Claims18
A switch lever assembly adapted for use on a vehicle steering column, said switch lever assembly comprising:
- a switch lever having a free end;
- a first electric connection contact positioned in the switch lever;
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- a modular electric switch unit, said electric switch unit at least partly inserted into the free end of the switch lever, said electric switch unit including at least one integral switch component, and a second electric connection contact formed on the switch unit, wherein the first and second connection contacts are mated to form an operational connection on the insertion of said switch unit into the free end of the switch lever.
A switch lever assembly adapted for use on the steering column of a vehicle, said switch lever assembly comprising:
- an elongated housing having opposed ends, one of said ends having at least a first electric contact mounted therein;
- a modular switch module being insertable into said one of said ends of said housing and retained therein, said switch module including actuation means and at least a second electric contact, with said first and second electric contacts operatively mated on the insertion of the switch module into said housing to form an electric connection for use with said actuation means.
A switch lever assembly comprising:
- a housing having opposed ends and at least one first electric contact;
- a modular switch module being received in one of said ends and having at least one second electric contact;
- a removable cover removably attached to said housing to expose the interior of said housing when said cover is removed, said first electric contact integrally formed to an underside of said cover facing the interior of said housing when said cover is attached to said housing,
- whereby said first and second contacts may be easily operatively mated to form an electric connection as said cover is attached to said housing.
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