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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1998
Ichiro Kataoka, Numazu, JP;
Kunimitsu Aoki, Numazu, JP;
Yoshiyuki Furuya, Numazu, JP;
Junichi Matsushita, Numazu, JP;
Hiroshi Nishiyama, Numazu, JP;
Katsutoshi Nakajima, Numazu, JP;
Akira Norizuki, Numazu, JP;
Katsumi Murakami, Numazu, JP;
Takeyuki Amari, Numazu, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Multiple pieces of equipment installed in a vehicle are freely installed and removed to equipment connection slots. A bus line interconnects the multiple pieces of electrical equipment installed in the equipment connection slots. Multiple operating switches arranged in a single unit on an operating section are provided in correspondence to the multiple pieces of electrical equipment for producing control signals to control each of the multiple pieces of electrical equipment. When any one of the operating switches is manipulated, a head unit controls, via the bus line, the electrical equipment corresponding to the manipulated operating switch.