Horn switch assembly for vehicles
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorYou Sun Lee
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a horn switch assembly for vehicles. The horn switch assembly comprising studs, elastic members, a horn plate, a movable switch terminal, and a stationary switch terminal, is disposed between an airbag housing mounted in a steering wheel and an airbag cover vertically slidably attached to the airbag housing. Each of the elastic members has a relatively small spring constant since the elastic members of the horn switch assembly support only the airbag cover formed of a plastic material easily broken when an airbag is expanded, whereby the elastic members and the studs are miniaturized, and the force necessary to manipulate the horn switch assembly is reduced.
Claims10
A horn switch assembly for vehicles, comprising:
- a steering wheel including a hub and spokes;
- an airbag housing attached to the steering wheel and an airbag cover slidably attached to the airbag housing;
- at least one stud mounted in the airbag housing;
- a horn plate fitted on the circumference of the at least one stud and moving along with the airbag cover, the horn plate including a pair of eve ends having stud holes and a bridge connected between the eye ends;
- at least one elastic member disposed between the horn plate and the airbag housing to upwardly support the horn plate toward the airbag cover;
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- switch terminals mounted to the horn plate and the airbag housing, respectively, so that the switch terminals are connected to or disconnected from each other when the airbag cover is moved in a sliding fashion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.