Ignition module with multi-beam spring
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorStefan Heil
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Abstract
An ignition module assembly having a housing member connectable to an ignition system the housing having an undulating surface. A slider member is connected to the housing member and moved between a plurality of discrete positions. The slider member controls the ignition system based on its discrete position. The slider member is configured to receive a key fob. A spring member is compressed between the slider member and the undulating surface and is configured to slide along the undulating surface as the slider member moves between the plurality of discrete positions. The undulations correspond to the discrete positions and a user inserting the key fob into the ignition module assembly and moving the slider member receives haptic feedback to discern the position of the slider member.
Claims15
An ignition module assembly comprising:
- a housing member;
- a slider member that receives a key fob;
- and
- a spring member that is disposed between and engages the slider member and the housing member and that engages the key fob when the key fob is disposed in the slider member;
- wherein one of the slider member and the housing member includes an undulating surface;
- and
- wherein the spring member is configured to slide along the undulating surface as the slider member moves between a plurality of discrete positions to provide haptic feedback for a user to discern when the slider member has moved to one of the plurality of discrete positions.
An ignition module assembly comprising:
- a housing member connected to an ignition system of a vehicle, the housing member having a first wall having a first undulating surface and a second wall having a second undulating surface;
- a slider member that receives a key fob and that is disposed in the housing member and configured to move between a plurality of discrete positions;
- and
- first and second spring members fixedly disposed on opposite sides of the slider member, wherein the first and second spring members engage the first and second undulating surfaces, respectively, and the first spring member includes a first key fob engaging leg that is configured to engage a first notch in the key fob and wherein the second spring member includes a second key fob engaging leg that is configured to engage a second notch in the key fob;
- wherein undulations in the first and the second undulating surfaces correspond to the discrete positions, wherein a user may operate the ignition system by inserting the key fob into the slider member and moving the slider member with the key fob between the plurality of discrete positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.