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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2005
Robert M. Schmidt, Livonia, MI (US);
Jim Wright, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Robert M. Schmidt, Livonia, MI (US);
Jim Wright, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A switch assembly for providing control signals to an electrical motor in a vehicle includes a printed circuit board having traces for communicating the control signals to a the electrical motor. A contactor module includes a set of depressible plungers and a set of contactor members. The contactor module is slideable with respect to the printed circuit board between an actuated position where the set of contactor members contact the traces and a deactivated position where the set of contactor members do not contact the traces. A housing for encasing the printed circuit board and the contactor module. The housing includes a set of detents for variably depressing the set of depressible plungers as the contactor module slides with respect to the printed circuit board. A tactile feedback is generated in response to the detents depressing the depressible plungers.