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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2018
Denso International America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Christopher Ryan Levay, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Spenser Pawlik, Clarkston, MI (US);
Javon Tucker, Southfield, MI (US);
Murali Daruri, Troy, MI (US);
Jesse Moellers, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Yuki Matsumoto, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA, INC., Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle toggle switch includes a toggle button body configured to move and to correspond to a toggle up position or a toggle down position, the toggle up position corresponds to activation of a first vehicle function, and the toggle down position corresponds to activation of a second vehicle function, a mating portion of the toggle button body that includes an end, and a potentiometer connected to the end of the mating portion and is configured to rotate in response to the movement of the toggle button body and to output a voltage in response to the rotation of the potentiometer.