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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2016
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Ibaraki, JP;
Hiroaki Kawai, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichiro Matsubara, Kasumigaura, JP;
HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD., Ibaraki, JP;
Abstract
An operating switch for commanding actuation of an electric parking brake mechanism includes two input terminals and two output terminals, a pair of two wirings for each input-terminal/output-terminal pair of the two input terminals and the two output terminals, each of the wirings being located between the input terminals and the two output terminals, a first switch element provided for the input terminals or the output terminals, and configured to switch connections to the two wirings, according to a command for the actuation, and a second switch element connected to one wiring of the two wirings that connects the input terminals and the output terminals when the command for the actuation given to the first switch element is set to a mode of non-operation. The second switch element is configured to switch connections to the two output terminals or the two input terminals, according to the command for the actuation.