Patent · US Expired

Center cluster module and system, and electrical equipment connector system

US6040760A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 27, 1998
Grant dateMar 21, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 27, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R2011/0007
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Multiple pieces of equipment installed in a vehicle are freely installed and removed to equipment connection slots. A bus line interconnects the multiple pieces of electrical equipment installed in the equipment connection slots. Multiple operating switches arranged in a single unit on an operating section are provided in correspondence to the multiple pieces of electrical equipment for producing control signals to control each of the multiple pieces of electrical equipment. When any one of the operating switches is manipulated, a head unit controls, via the bus line, the electrical equipment corresponding to the manipulated operating switch.

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