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US 7,989,715 B2Granted
Vehicular operation switch and method for controlling the same
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorTatsuo Saito
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Abstract
An operation switch for a vehicle includes a light source and a grease. The light source is provided to illuminate a switch knob from a rear face side of the switch knob. The grease is applied to a sliding part. The light source is forcibly activated based on temperature information in a passenger compartment of the vehicle.
Claims12
An operation switch for a vehicle comprising:
- a light source that is provided to illuminate a switch knob from a rear face side of the switch knob;
- and
- grease that is applied to a sliding part, wherein
- the light source is forcibly activated based on temperature information in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and
- the forcible activation of the light source is ended based on the temperature information in the passenger compartment of the vehicle.
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A method for controlling an operation switch for a vehicle, which includes a light source that illuminates a switch knob from a rear face side of the switch knob and includes grease that is applied to a sliding part, the method comprising:
- detecting a temperature in a passenger compartment of the vehicle;
- and
- forcibly activating the light source when the temperature detected by the detecting of the temperature is equal to or less than a first predetermined temperature;
- detecting the temperature in the passenger compartment of the vehicle;
- and
- ending the forcibly activating of the light source when the temperature detected by the detecting of the temperature is greater than a second predetermined temperature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.