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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John-Oliver Derrick, Hettstadt, DE;
Ralph Frisch, Mombris, DE;
Assignee:
TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/00 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a vehicle steering wheel, with a switch movably mounted on the steering wheel. The steering wheel comprises a bearing for the switch, the bearing having a guide piece and a bearing piece that encloses the guide piece. The guide piece has a free end with a cone widening outwards towards the free end and transversely to a direction of movement of the switch. The free end forms an end stop in a non-actuated switch position and rests against the bearing piece.