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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2000
Scott A. Morrison, Fenton, MI (US);
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
A switch ( ) comprises a printed circuit board ( ). The printed circuit board ( ) has a plurality of electrical contacts. The switch ( ) further comprises a carrier ( ) having an electrical conductor ( ) for connecting at least two of the plurality of electrical contacts. The carrier ( ) is movable relative to the printed circuit board ( ). The carrier ( ) further has a surface ( ) having a plurality of undulations ( ). The switch ( ) further comprises at least one flexible plastic cantilever portion ( ) of a plastic member housing the carrier. The cantilever portion contacts the plurality of undulations ( ). The undulations ( ) and the cantilever portion ( ) comprise a detent mechanism to restrain the carrier ( ) in a position to which the carrier ( ) is moved.