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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2005
John E. Mcconnell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bruce Pierik, Hazel Park, MI (US);
John Stack, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Brian R. Masters, Hartland, MI (US);
John E. McConnell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bruce Pierik, Hazel Park, MI (US);
John Stack, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Brian R. Masters, Hartland, MI (US);
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
An electronic module that is activated by the touch of a button for sending a wireless signal to a remote receiver. The module has a housing with an upper portion that is secured in relation to a vehicle. A lower portion of the housing has mating apertures and openings provided therein. A set of staking posts extends from an upper face of one or more buttons. The staking posts have a leading end that is registrable with the mating apertures that are provided in the lower portion of the housing. A set of actuating posts also extends from the upper face of the button. Those posts extend within at least some of the openings that are defined in the lower portion of the housing. Optionally, an array of light pipes is in optical communication with a set of switches. One of the switches can be closed following contact by a leading end of one of the posts when a button is depressed. A printed circuit board is positioned in operative communication with one or more of the buttons so that upon touching a button, a circuit in the circuit board is closed by one of the switches. A signal is then sent wirelessly to a remote receiver.