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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1994
Jost Merten, Tal-Virtu, MT;
Robert Thalhammer, Munich, DE;
Merit-Elektrik GmbH, Gummersbach, DE;
Abstract
The switch housing for a combined ignition and starting switch of a motor vehicle has a peripheral housing wall (8) having a substantially circular transverse cross-section and a central axis (9) substantially parallel to it, an extended portion (5) laterally projecting approximately tangentially to the peripheral housing wall (8) and displaced laterally from the central axis (9), an insert device (7) held releasably in the extended portion (5) and a snap lock device (16,17,20,21) for releasably holding the insert device (7) in the extended portion (5). The extended portion (5) is provided with a receptacle (2) for the insert device (7) and the receptacle opening (6) for the receptacle (2) is of a size and shape so as to be completely covered by the insert device (7) received in it.