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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1997
Takao Taniguchi, Anjo, JP;
Nobuaki Miki, Ango, JP;
Ken Kiyama, Ango, JP;
Naotaka Murakami, Ango, JP;
Naoto Ogasawara, Ango, JP;
Toshiya Morishita, Anjo, JP;
Takenori Kano, Anjo, JP;
Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Abstract
A control unit has an electronic control device that includes a base board on which a plurality of elements, including a microcomputer containing an automatic transmission program, are disposed. The electronic control device includes an integral neutral start switch connected to the microcomputer. The neutral start switch also includes a rotor and contact-type switches operated by rotation-of the rotor. The base board and the rotor are disposed in a case and are substantially parallel to each other at opposite sides of an intermediate wall formed in the case. The base board is separated from the contact-type switches by the intermediate wall to prevent communication of oil or metal dust from the contact-type switches to the base board.