Patent · US Expired

Steering column switch mounting

US4144425A · kind A · utility

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6References

4Claims

0Family size

Assignee

SWF-Spezialfabrik fur Autozubehor Gustav Rau GmbH · DE

Inventors

Erich Mutschler · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Adam Weber · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 11, 1975
Grant date	Mar 13, 1979
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 11, 1995

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB62D1/16
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A steering column switch mounting for a steering column switch in which a contact carrier is rotatably mounted in a switch housing for movement by a switch lever, comprises a steering tube which is adapted to contain the steering column therein and which has an end rim with an exterior lock recess defined adjacent the end rim. A switch housing base plate has a cylindrical portion which is engaged over the steering tube and the cylindrical portion includes at least one resilient strip portion with an inwardly projecting locking stud which is biased into engagement with the lock recess defined on the steering tube.

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