Stoneridge Control Devices, Inc.

Stephen Prouty

Art Stephen

Charles McCall

Kevin Shell

Jack Tseng

Steven Kille

A stalk switch having an energy storage element disposed coxially about a handle to store energy when the handle is in a contact position and release energy to provide a force to drive the handle back to the neutral position from the contact position. The energy storage element may be a sleeve made of an elastomeric material. Such a sleeve may also provide for overload protection for contact closures of the switch. The stalk switch may also have at least one microswitch to align operation of a contact closure with actual motion of the handle.

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Providence, RI, United States of America

Stephen Prouty