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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1999
Ralph Frisch, Mömbris, DE;
TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Abstract
A device for closing an electrical switch, for installation in a steering wheel of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The switch has a first contact element ( ) which is essentially fixed, a second contact element ( ) moveable against a return force, and an actuating means ( ). The contact elements ( ) consist of elongated wire shaped or strip shaped material sections which are held parallel to one another within a spacer cage ( ) at a defined distance from each other. Sections ( ) of the cage ( ) with fixed distance between the contact elements alternate, as seen in a longitudinal direction, with sections ( ) where the second contact element ( ) can be pressed against the first contact element ( ) by means of the actuating means ( ), accompanied by an elastic deformation of the material section of the second contact element ( ).