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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2007
Eung Young Kim, Anyang-si, KR;
Eung Young Kim, Anyang-si, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A button unit for an electronic control apparatus of a vehicle is disclosed. The button unit comprises a button and a detector. The button comprises a controlling portion which is pivotably coupled to a front panel of the electronic control apparatus, and an extension bar which extends from the controlling portion into the electronic control apparatus to be pivoted in a direction opposite to the pivoting direction of the controlling portion. The detector comprises a switch which is located within a pivoting radius of the extension bar and can be pivoted under the action of the extension bar, and a detector body on which the switch is pivotably installed and configured to transmit at least a electrical signal to the outside according to pivoting angles of the switch.