Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Special application – Steering wheel – shaft or column mounted
Patent
1995-05-01
1998-04-28
Gellner, Michael L.
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Special application
Steering wheel, shaft or column mounted
200 4, 200 6A, H01H 900
Patent
active
057447691
ABSTRACT:
An electrical switch for use in an automotive vehicle includes an actuator and a carrier movable to electrically actuate a steering column tilting device and a steering column telescoping device. A post and a receptacle assist to align the carrier during its linear switching movement. An actuator assembly is provided which includes a shaft, a partially spherical ball, a first set of crossed arms and a second set of crossed arms while a centering spring biases an actuator toward a centralized neutral position. A modularized electrical switch is also mechanically and electrically connected to a second circuit and housing in a single assembly motion.
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Photographs of a motorized exterior mirror switch (prior to May 1994).
Poleschuk Leroy A.
Proctor Thomas H.
Valade Ernest Peter
Wright James B.
Friedhofer Michael A.
Gellner Michael L.
United Technologies Automotive Inc.
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