Switch for vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKaneaki Hashimoto, Masaaki Abe, Sadahiro Yokoyama
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Abstract
A switch for a vehicle includes: a first operating member provided on a mounting surface of the vehicle, the first operating member being operable by tilting; and a plurality of projections provided on the first operating member, the projections being operable by pushing, wherein the first operating member is shaped line symmetrically so that a central part of the first operating member is dented most; and the projection projects forward with respect to the central part of the first operating member, and the projection is uplifted along an outer wall part of the first operating member.
Claims12
A switch for a vehicle, the switch comprising:
- a first operating member provided on a mounting surface of the vehicle, the first operating member being made from a single member, the first operating member being operable by tilting;
- a plurality of pressable portions provided on outer rim parts of the first operating member, the pressable portions being operable by pushing;
- a plurality of cut out parts provided between the pressable portions, the cut out parts being formed so as to be lower than the pressable portions;
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- a curved part formed so that a width of a portion of the curved part is disposed between a pair of the cut out parts so that the curved part gradually become narrower as the curved part extends to each of the plurality of the pressable portions.
A switch for a vehicle, comprising:
- a first operating member provided on a mounting surface of the vehicle, the first operating member being made from a single member, the first operating member being operable by tilting;
- a plurality of pressable portions provided on outer rim parts of the first operating member, the pressable portions being operable by pushing,
- a plurality of cut out parts provided between the pressable portions, the cut out part being formed so as to be lower than the pressable portions;
- a curved part formed so that a width of a portion of the curved part is disposed between a pair of the cut out parts so that the curved part gradually become narrower as the curved part extends to each of the plurality of the pressable portions;
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- an interior portion of the cut out parts that is formed so as to be placed between the pressable portions, the interior portion being connected by a ridge line that is gradually arched so as to be bent towards an inner side of the first operating member.
A switch for a vehicle, the switch comprising:
- a first operating member that is operable by tilting and is received in a steering wheel of the vehicle, the first operating member including
- a front side that faces away from the steering wheel,
- a back side that is opposite the front side, wherein the steering wheel includes a mounting surface that faces in a same direction as the front side of the first operating member so as to define a forward facing direction,
- a curved part that includes a center part, wherein the curved part is concavely shaped so that the central part defines a location of maximum depression of the curved part, and
- an outer wall part;
- a plurality of projections arranged along the outer wall part and being operable by pushing, each of the projections extending in the forward facing direction a distance that is greater than a distance between the back side and the central part of the operating member in the forward facing direction, wherein each of projections extends in the forward facing direction a distance that is greater than a distance between the back side and the mounting surface in the forward facing direction;
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- a plurality of cut out parts with cut out part surfaces, wherein the cut out part surfaces face the forward facing direction and the cut out parts are alternatingly disposed with the projections so that one of the cut out parts is between a pair of the projections, and wherein a width of a portion of the curved part is disposed between a pair of the cut out parts so that the curved part gradually become narrower as the curved part extends to each of the plurality of projections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.