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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2008
Benoit Box, Parmain, FR;
Benoit Regnard, Plaisir, FR;
Thierry Acas, Fresne Leguillon, FR;
Jean-michel Rieu, Sartrouville, FR;
Benoit Box, Parmain, FR;
Benoit Regnard, Plaisir, FR;
Thierry Acas, Fresne Leguillon, FR;
Jean-Michel Rieu, Sartrouville, FR;
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A key having one end secured to a yoke mounted between in a casing to turn about a pivot axis between a position in which the key is retracted inside the casing and a position in which the key is extended, and a control pushbutton mounted in a housing of the yoke so as to be constrained to pivot therewith and so as to slide between a position for holding the yoke at least in the retracted position, and a position for releasing the yoke for pivoting, the control pushbutton having at least one stud received in a groove of the housing, the groove including an inlet segment that opens out via a first end in an outer face of the yoke and that opens out via a second end in a terminal segment, forming an angle therewith, the terminal segment extending along the pivot axis.