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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2006
Kiyotaka Taguchi, Kariya, JP;
Masaru Sawaki, Niwa-gun, JP;
Tetsuya Enokizaka, Nagoya, JP;
Tsuneo Uchida, Okazaki, JP;
Kiyotaka Taguchi, Kariya, JP;
Masaru Sawaki, Niwa-gun, JP;
Tetsuya Enokizaka, Nagoya, JP;
Tsuneo Uchida, Okazaki, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A steering switch device has an operation member to be operated on a steering wheel of a vehicle. An operation condition of the operation member is controlled by a control unit when the steering wheel is rotated. The operation member is for example a cylindrical member and disposed operable in a rotation manner. When the steering switch is rotated, a rotating operation of the cylindrical operation member is restricted by the control unit. Alternatively, the rotating operation of the operation member is controlled to be loaded. In a case that the operation member is a button member for indicating a direction, a pressing operation of the button member is controlled so as not to be pressed or to be loaded by the control unit when the steering wheel is rotated.