Patent · US Expired

Power window switch

US6054655A · kind A · utility

21Cited by

7References

3Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Eaton Corporation · US

Inventors

Gerd Rudolph · Aspisheim, DE
Norbert Swidersky · Hildesheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 23, 1999
Grant date	Apr 25, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 23, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01H2300/01
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A power window switch (1) for a motor vehicle comprises an actuation element (2) which is pivotally supported in a housing (6) and actuates switch contacts (57) by means of a corresponding sliding contact element (35), whereby said switch contacts are associated with connector contacts (53). In the pushing direction for the downward motion of the window, as well as in the pulling direction for the upward motion of the window, the actuation element (2) is respectively associated with a two-step pivoting motion (19), whereby the actuation element (2) acts on deflecting means (38, 78) to effect a linear back and forth motion of the sliding contact element (35), which successively actuates two switch contacts (57) of a switch matrix (49).

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