Ford Motor Company Limited

Darryl A Shelton

Kenneth A Freeman

An airbag cover with horn blow switch includes an inner cover, a horn switch, a guide for holding the horn switch and an outer cover covering the guide and the horn switch so that when the outer cover is depressed the horn switch is closed and the horn will sound.

Air bag cover horn blow switch assembly

An airbag cover with integral horn switch has an outer cover with positive and negative horn contacts interdigitally disposed and an inner cover whose external surface is a conductive layer. When a force is applied to the outer cover, the conductive layer of the inner cover becomes electrically connected to the positive and negative leads on the outer cover activating the horn.

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Edgewater, NJ, United States of America

Darryl A Shelton