# US 5,342,217 A · Electric switch unit, in particular for automotive vehicles

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- Number: US 5,342,217 A
- Document ID: US5342217A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/068,469
- Filed: 1993-05-27
- Granted: 1994-08-30
- Earliest claimed: 1992-05-30
- Assignees: SWF Auto-Electric GmbH
- Inventors: George Hofmann
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5342217A

## CPC

- H01H 1/58: Electric connections to or between contacts; Terminals {(for high tension switches H01H33/025; for electromagnetic relays H01H50/14; for circuit breakers H01H71/08)}
- H01H: ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cables H01B7/10; electrolytic self-interrupters H01G9/18; emergency protective circuit arrangements H02H; switching by electronic means without contact-making H03K17/00)

## Abstract

An electric switch unit for automotive vehicles providing strain-relieving means for exiting cables, particularly flat cables, which control the exit of the cable to a present exit angle.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electric switch unit for automotive vehicles with a housing formed of a housing cover part and a functional housing part, said electric switch having an electric unit accommodated therein and a flat cable attached to said housing, said flat cable wrapped within said housing and wrapped around a strain relief, comprising:
a fin-shaped wall connected to said housing cover having an extended shape in a direction transverse to the extension of said flat cable and around which said flat cable is wrapped, said functional housing part having projections at the exit of said flat cable from said housing, said projections having a slanted surface for controlling the cable exit from said housing to a predetermined angle,
wherein said fin-shaped wall is connected to the bottom of said housing cover by a radius,
wherein said flat cable extends in approximately a straight line path from a circuit board to an end of said fin-shaped wall wrapping therearound and remaining in contact therewith at the exit from said housing where said cable is in tangential contact with said radius.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electric switch unit in claim 1, wherein said fin-shaped wall forms an angle of 90 degrees with said bottom of said housing cover.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electric switch unit claim 1, further comprising: a pocket molded into a lateral wall of said functional housing part, said pocket projecting outwardly and defining a pocket wall, the pocket wall and said fin-shaped wall forming between them an exit slot for said flat cable.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The electric switch unit in claim 3, wherein the width of said pocket and the width of said flat cable tape are equal.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electric switch unit in claim 1, wherein said projections are formed with two slanted surfaces and have the shape of a pointed nose.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The electric switch unit in claim 1, wherein the preferred exit angle of said cable from said housing ranges between 15 degrees and 45 degrees.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The electric switch unit in claim 1, wherein said functional housing part is furnished with openings which are engaged by locking noses of said housing cover.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The electric switch unit in claim 1, wherein the external wall of said housing cover part ends flush with lateral walls of said functional housing part.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The electric switch unit in claim 1, wherein said cable exits from said bottom of said housing.