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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2005
Kei Tsujimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Nakazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Tsujimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Nakazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A horn switch device includes a first contact member, a second contact member disposed relative to the first contact member via a spacer, a guide shaft for guiding the first and second contact members, a coil spring, and a contacting body at the distal end of an extension extending from a retainer. When a module cover is depressed, the second contact member comes into contact with the contacting body so as to be deformed, thereby bringing electrical contacts into contact with each other so as to sound the horn. The horn switch device facilitates positioning of the contacts relative to each other, thereby simplifying the assembly of an airbag system.