Operating switch for a motor vehicle with a movable protective device
US6914205B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 19, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 5, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01H2221/068
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An operating switch for a motor vehicle with a housing having an operating opening for accessing an operating element, and a protective device movable relative to the operating opening for temporarily covering the operating element on the operating side. The protective device is formed as a slide member guided in the housing, displaceable at right angles to the access direction of the operating opening, the slide member and the operating element being pivotable together so that the slide member is movable from a first position, in which the operating element is arranged in the operating opening, to a second position in which the operating element is covered within the housing and the operating opening is closed by the slide member.
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