Patent · US Expired

Steering wheel having a switching device for actuating an electrical functional group of a motor vehicle

US6803533B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

26Claims

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Assignee

TAKATA-PETRI AG · DE

Inventors

Helmut Bonn · Haibach, DE
Harald Burdack · Haibach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 10, 2002
Grant date	Oct 12, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 8, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01H1/18
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A steering wheel for motor vehicle that includes at least one switching device for actuating an electric functional group such as, for example, a vehicle horn. The switching device includes two electric contact elements that can be moved in relation to one another and can be brought into contact with one another for actuating the functional group. According to the invention, one of the contact elements is mounted in a springy manner and so that one of the contact elements glides along the other element after the two contact elements have been brought into contact with one another for actuating the electric functional group.

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