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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1992
Morimasa Tanaka, Atsugi, JP;
Ichikoh Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a remote control switch for posture adjustment of the automotive mirrors, there are disposed on a substrate that is fixed within a casing, a first group of fixed contacts for posture control of the lefthand mirror and a second group of fixed contacts for posture control of the righthand mirror. The fixed contacts forming the first group and those forming the second group being offset at a predetermined angle from each other. Two electrically conductive balls are spaced apart from each other and are electrically connected to each other to form a pair of moving contacts. The moving contacts are held by a rotary switching member with their positional relation fixed so as to roll on the substrate. An operating shaft is mounted pivotably and tiltably in the casing, and is normally forced in a direction perpendicular to the substrate so as to take the neutral position. Further, the operating shaft is operatively connected to the rotary switching member. As the operating shaft is pivoted about the axis thereof, the rotary switching member is rotated to select either the lefthand or righthand mirror, and when the operating shaft is tilted leftward, rightward, forward or backward the tilting of the mirror face about the vertical or horizontal axis is controlled.