Swf Auto-electric Gmbh

Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren Gmbh

Itt Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.

Itt Automotive Europe Gmbh

Wswf Auto-electric Gmbh

Walter Hecht

Rudolf Klein

Herbert Erdelitsch

Horst Rachner

J&uuml;rgen Papenfuss

Christian Ruetz

Otto Machalitzky

Reinhard Stumpe

Roland Buhler

Karl Simonis

Salvador Cristofaro

Gregor Vogl

Bertram Gotzinger

Martin Engelhardt

Werner Gaudich

This invention relates to an integrated sub-assembly for installation of a steering column and/or steering wheel of an automatic vehicle. A plurality of building units arranged in the area of the steering column and/or steering wheel are integrated with each other in terms of space for purpose of simplified manufacture and assembly so that, in this way, it is possible to economize on housing walls as well as on mechanical and electrical interfaces. Advantageous further developments deal with the drive of components within the building units by the steering wheel.

Integrated subassembly mountable on the steering column or on the steering wheel of a motor vehicle

A canceling device ( ) for a blinker switch in motor vehicles effects automatic return of the blinker switch from one of the two switched positions into the neutral central position. Towards this end, a casing ( ) having a catch profile ( ) is provided as is a movable pretensioned trigger finger ( ) which can be loaded by the cam ( ) of a steering shaft ( ) and with a pivotable switching part ( ) having pretensioned catch elements ( ). To reduce the actuating forces, the catch profile ( ) is provided with a movable locking section ( ). The trigger finger ( ) should be connected to the movable locking section ( ) such that the locking section ( ) releases the catch element ( ) when the trigger finger ( ) is actuated.

Canceling device for a blinker switch in motor vehicles

The invention concerns a modular steering column mounted switch system for motor vehicles which is organized according to the internal functions of the switch. The steering column mounted switch system contains a plurality of functional modules which correspond to the internal functions. Should the demands for operation and/or design of a particular module change, the associated module can be easily replaced. All other functional modules remain unchanged, to thereby permit simple adaptation of the steering column mounted switch to the given operation and design demands. When there is a defect, the modular steering column mounted switch can also be easily repaired and in an economical fashion by simple replacing the defective functional module.

Modular steering column mounted switch system

Compact steering column module

Switch with moving contact makers in the form of spring tongues

Switch with lift-off ramp

Assembly for steering column switch with spiral spring

Switch with flexible conductor foil

Electric switch, especially steering column switch for motor vehicles

This invention relates to an electric switch, especially to a steering column switch. The switch comprises an insulation plate, a switch lever and a switching member, which are jointly swivellably mounted on the insulation plate in a swivelling plane extending perpendicular to a swivelling shaft and which are tiltable from this plane. In the swivelling plane, the lever and switching member can occupy several operating positions. The various operating positions are defined by a locking cam and a detent. One of these two elements is positioned on a locking lever. One end of said locking lever is swivellably mounted about a shaft parallel to the swivelling shaft of the switching member and the locking member is resiliently prestressed against the switching member. In order to prevent the switch lever and the switching member from shaking in the rest condition and to provide a smooth movement of the switch lever and switching member in a changeover between the operating positions, the switching member is guided in the swivelling plane by the switch lever. Thus, the guide can be maintained without an additional space requirement. Due to the guide, the switching member does not strike any other piece parts of the switch so that underside noise is also reduced.

Steering column switch

This invention relates to a steering column switch with two switch units arranged in superposed planes, which switch units each have a board with injection-moulded metal conductors and plug contacts the ends of which are rectangularly bent. The ends of the plug contacts of the switch unit which, in the plugging direction, is farther away from the connector, are positioned laterally of the ends of the other switch unit with a spacing from a conceived plane through the housing, which spacing is larger than the spacing of the ends of the plug contacts of the other switch unit from this plane. Thus a compact construction of the connection area of the switch is ensured.

Electric steering column switch for motor vehicles

In a steering column switch for motor vehicles a hazard-warning signal switch is clipped onto the printed circuit board of the turn-signal switch. The turn-signal switch is contacted at the upper side and the hazard-warning signal switch at the underside of the printed circuit board. The hazard-warning signal switch is compactly constructed and does not impede the movability of the other switch levers and switch slides of the steering column switch.

Steering column switch for motor vehicles

A steering column switch has two switching members superposed in a housing, which are swivellable about two parallel axes at least substantially diametrically opposite each other relative to a central aperture and tiltable perpendicularly to the swivelling plane. Two planar insulating plates provided with metal conductors stand perpendicularly on the swivelling plane. Each insulating plate has a free end formed as plug part and on one of these plates it is changed over when one switching member is tilted. To simplify the construction of the switch and to lower contact resistances switch contacts are also changed over on one of the two perpendicularly standing insulating plates with a tilting of the other switching member and with a swivelling of each of the two switching members.

A steering column switch for motor vehicles includes a support sleeve, which may be mounted on the end of a steering tube. The sleeve, between an internal collar integrally formed on it and a retaining ring is mounted a ball bearing for a steering spindle and which is made of plastics material. The retaining ring is separated from the support sleeve and held on it via the internal collar.

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Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany

Walter Hecht