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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1994
LaVerne R Newman, Southfield, MI (US);
Dragan Bogovican, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
United Technologies Automotive, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A wash/wiper switch control assembly having an integrally formed wash/wiper contact member. The wash/wiper contact member includes a plurality of wiper contact arms which are integrally formed with a central body portion and a wash contact arm which is also integrally formed with the central body portion. The wash/wiper contact member is secured to an actuator member via conventional staking techniques. By manufacturing the wash/wiper contact member as a single component, the overall cost of manufacturing a wash/wiper switch control assembly is reduced. The complexity of manufacturing the wash/wiper contact member is also reduced while the reliability is improved since only a single component part need be secured to the actuator member versus prior art arrangements in which a wash contact and a separate wiper contact are secured to separate component parts of a wash/wiper switch control assembly.