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US 8,084,699 B2Granted
Vehicle switch
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorHideaki Eto
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Abstract
A vehicle switch includes a switch unit formed of a wiring board and an operating unit placed over the wiring board, a housing accommodating the wiring board, and a supporting member elastically deformable and placed in the housing for supporting the wiring board. This structure prevents switch contacts and the wiring board from being damaged, even when a great load or shock is applied to the operating unit, so that the vehicle switch can be reliably operated.
Claims17
A vehicle switch comprising:
- a switch unit including a wiring board and an operating unit disposed over the wiring board;
- a housing accommodating the wiring board;
- and
- an elastically deformable supporting member disposed to the housing for releasable supporting the wiring board in a supported position;
- wherein the supporting member is configured to elastically support the wiring board, with respect to the housing, against a force imposed on the wiring board so long as the force is at or below a given force value and, when the force is above the given force value, releasing support of the wiring board such that the wiring board is moved out of the supported position to a location in which the wiring board is not supported by the supporting member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.