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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1999
Peter Stadler, Aurachtal, DE;
Horst Schubotz, Wuppertal, DE;
Delco Electronics Europe GmbH, Wiesbaden, DE;
Abstract
A steering column assembly for arranging in an area of a steering column in a motor vehicle comprises a locating device, a centrally arranged support board, and at least one steering column switch. The locating device comprises a receptacle for the support board and at least one laterally-aligned receptacle for the steering column switch. The support board establishes electrical connection between the connections of the steering column switch and the vehicle's control devices allocated to the steering column switch. The control devices allocated to the steering column switch are at least in part arranged on the support board. The ease of servicing such a known steering column assembly is decisively improved in that the receptacle for the support board is radially aligned and the support board can be connected to the locating device from a radial direction.