Electric switch, especially steering column switch for motor vehicles

US4920239A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• SWF Auto-Electric GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Roland Buhler · Heilbronn, DE
• Herbert Erdelitsch · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Walter Hecht · Ravensburg, DE
• Horst Rachner · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 23, 1989
• Grant date: Apr 24, 1990
• Expiry date: Jan 23, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60Q1/1469
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In the switch housing of an electric switch a carrier is pivotally mounted between a housing cover plate and an intermediate cover plate by a pivot pin and a bearing bore. The switch lever of the switch can also be rotated about its longitudinal axis independently of the carrier and/or be rotated about an axis which is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the carrier. A linearly movable slide is positioned between a housing base plate and the intermediate cover plate. The slide is adjusted by a movement of the switch lever which is independent of a carrier movement. In order to achieve this in a space-saving and simple way the pivot pin which acts as the carrier bearing in the intermediate cover plate is a hollow pin coupling the switch lever with the slide.