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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1996
Kiyotaka Yamaguchi, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuhide Tanaka, Owariasahi, JP;
Omron Corporation, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Abstract
An objective of the invention is to provide a power window switch apparatus for an automobile such that the circuit boards within the case which hold the electronic components could be soldered on one side only, thereby reducing production cost and making it easier to lead the wiring pattern around the boards despite the space limitations imposed by the car door. The freedom with which the circuit boards could be designed is also increased. Circuit boards are built into a case facing each other at right angles to the surface on which operating knobs are arranged in a row. This arrangement makes it easy to solder modular switches and wiring terminals of the connector to the circuit boards on one side only. It also makes it possible to increase the surface area of the circuit boards to the very limit of the height restriction imposed on the switch apparatus by the automobile door.