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US 7,232,966 B2Granted
Steering wheel horn contact unit and assembly
AssigneeTRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH
InventorsJürgen Burgard, Jupp Fleckenstein, Michael Fuchs, Bernd Stransfeld
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Abstract
A steering wheel horn contact unit has a metal contact sheet (40). The metal contact sheet (40) is embedded into a carrier part (52) of plastic and mounted therein and has at least one freely projecting horn contact tongue (46). Viewed in switching movement direction (X), the horn contact tongue (46) is surrounded by the carrier part (52).
Claims12
A steering wheel horn contact unit, comprising:
- a metal contact sheet (40),
- said metal contact sheet (40) being embedded into a carrier part (52) of plastic and mounted therein, and having at least one freely projecting horn contact tongue (46), said horn contact tongue (46) being bendable,
- said horn contact tongue (46) being surrounded by said carrier part (52), viewed in switching movement direction (X), and
- wherein a height of said carrier part (52), at least in a section (64) surrounding said horn contact tongue (46) is such that the section (64) projects upwards and downwards with respect to said horn contact tongue (46), in said switching movement direction (X) so that the contact tongue (46) does not protrude over the section (64).
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A gas bag module comprising:
- a generator carrier (14) carrying at least one projecting electrical contact (32) and
- a steering wheel horn contact unit, comprising
- a metal contact sheet (40),
- said metal contact sheet (40) being embedded into a carrier part (52) of plastic and mounted therein, and having at least one freely projecting horn contact tongue (46), and
- said horn contact tongue (46) being surrounded by said carrier part (52), viewed in switching movement direction (X), and the at least one projecting electrical contact (32) being a complementary contact for the at least one freely projecting horn contact tongue (46), wherein a height of said carrier part (52), at least in a section (64) surrounding said horn contact tongue (46), is such that the section (64) projects upwards and downwards with respect to said horn contact tongue (46), in said switching movement direction (X) so that the contact tongue (46) does not protrude over the section (64).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.