Patent · US Expired

Electric steering column switch for motor vehicles

US4739132A · kind A · utility

3Cited by

1References

15Claims

0Family size

Assignee

SWF Auto-Electric GmbH · DE

Inventors

Herbert Erdelitsch · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Walter Hecht · Ravensburg, DE
Horst Rachner · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 20, 1986
Grant date	Apr 19, 1988
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 20, 2006

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01H1/58
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to a steering column switch with two switch units arranged in superposed planes, which switch units each have a board with injection-moulded metal conductors and plug contacts the ends of which are rectangularly bent. The ends of the plug contacts of the switch unit which, in the plugging direction, is farther away from the connector, are positioned laterally of the ends of the other switch unit with a spacing from a conceived plane through the housing, which spacing is larger than the spacing of the ends of the plug contacts of the other switch unit from this plane. Thus a compact construction of the connection area of the switch is ensured.

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