Robert Boschgmbh

Rolf Brauticam

Lothar Haas

Albert Weckenmann

To mount control switches for convenient operation by the operator of motor vehicles, a cantilevered, free standing multi-faceted elongated hollow box like structure is secured to the steering post housing so that it is located between the steering wheel and the dashboard, spaced from the dashboard. A plurality of touch-sensitive switches are located on the surfaces of the structure defined by the facets thereof. The structure includes printed, or integrated circuits to which the switches are connected which, in turn, are attached to a cable which is separably connected to the cabling of the vehicle. Preferably, discrete switch functions, such as headlight energization, windshield wiper controls, and the like are mounted on discrete, different surfaces of the box like structures, whereas similar functions with different control effects, such as windshield wiper speed can be mounted on the same surface, so that erroneous operation of a switch will not initiate an erroneous function, but at best only an erroneous mode of operation of the selected function.

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Nuremberg, Germany

Rolf Brauticam