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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1997
Keizo Nishitani, Shizuoka, JP;
Shuji Takiguchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A module structure which enables an instrument panel wire harness to have a simple construction, and in which the module can be formed into a small size, thereby reducing the number of the component parts and also enhancing the efficiency of the assembling operation. The module structure includes a panel body having a plurality of key members, a screen display device displayable a plurality of operating informations of electrical equipments, a touch panel switch feedable different switching signals based upon depression of the touch panel switch in accordance with a position of a display by the screen display device, the touch panel switch provided between the panel body and the screen display device, and a printed circuit board which has a plurality of contact portions associating with the key members, a circuit electrically connected to the screen display device, the touch panel switch and the contact portions, and a first connector electrically connected to the circuit, the first connector which is fittable to a second connector mounted in an opening formed in an instrument panel so that the module structure is detachable in the instrument panel.