Patent · US Expired

Steering column switch for a motor vehicle

US6492744B1 · kind B1 · utility

12Cited by

6References

13Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Delphi Technologies · US

Inventors

Gerd Rudolph · Aspisheim, DE
Joseph Khoury · Gensingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 6, 1999
Grant date	Dec 10, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 6, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60Q1/1476
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An automobile steering column switch includes a support rigidly mounted to the steering column tube of an automobile steering column. The support comprises at least one of a wiper switch, blinker switch, and driving light switch. The support includes a printed circuit board provided with electrical contacts to which the at least one of a wiper switch, blinker switch and driving light switch and an ignition starter switch are coupled. The support is configured in one piece and provided with an accommodation space for the ignition starter switch. The support with the switches can be mounted as a pre-assembled module to the steering column 2.

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