Jaeger

Valeo Electronique

Valeo Neiman

Valeo Interior Controls

Daniel Lagier

Louis Chretien

Jean-Pierre Auffray

Rémi Letoumelin

Rotary contactor with a short strip, in particular for motor vehicles

This invention is concerned with service panels associated with the dash of an automotive vehicle, in which the service panel is connected to at least one switch and includes an interconnecting grid or network. The switch cooperates directly with the grid or network of the service panel, which is fashioned accordingly.

Service panel associated with the fascia of a vehicle

The present invention provides a control lever, in particular for a motor vehicle, the control lever comprising a fixed body (100), a first control ring (200) mounted to rotate on the body (100) and provided with a first circuit board (260) extending generally perpendicularly to its axis of rotation (102), a second control ring (300) coaxial with the first, mounted to rotate on the body (100), and provided with a second circuit board (350) extending generally perpendicularly to its axis of rotation, and at least one electrical conductor (450) extending generally parallel to the axis of rotation (102) of the rings and prevented from rotating relative to the body (100), with respective ends thereof resting in rubbing contact against each of the two circuit boards (260, 350).

Control lever for a motor vehicle

A transmission ring assembly adapted to be mounted between the steering column and the steering wheel an automobile vehicle provides an electrical connection between a control switch mounted on the steering wheel and a device controlled by the switch. It comprises a bush fixed to the steering column and a first series of conductive rings fastened to the bush. A base member is mechanically attached to the steering wheel and a second series of conductive rings fastened to the base member cooperate electrically with the rings of the first series. Each pair of contacts formed by respective rings from the first and second series is insulated from an adjacent pair of contacts. Each ring of the first or second series comprises two concentric annuli electrically and mechanically joined at at least two points on a common diameter. In this way the connection and drive/retention functions of each ring are made separate from its electrical contact function.

Electrical transmission ring assembly disposed between the steering

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Nanterre, France

Daniel Lagier