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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1988
Filed:
May. 07, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
James P Burgess, Camarillo, CA (US);
Thomas R Wheeler, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Electro-Mechanical Products, Rochester, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340 22 ; 340 / ; 3403 / ;
Abstract
A multifunction control system for a vehicle includes a plurality of switches, each switch adapted to control a plurality of vehicular functions. Each switch has associated therewith a display element for indicating which of the functions that switch is controlling. The system further includes a microprocessor based controller which mediates which designator each display element will exhibit as well as which vehicular function a given switch will control. The system is readily adapted to a menu-driven mode of operation, and the switches may be mounted upon the steering wheel of a vehicle.