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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2013
Gerald M. Mccann, Bay City, MI (US);
Andrew D. Moran, Essexville, MI (US);
Frederick J. Berg, Auburn, MI (US);
Richard P. Nash, Frankenmuth, MI (US);
Gerald M. McCann, Bay City, MI (US);
Andrew D. Moran, Essexville, MI (US);
Frederick J. Berg, Auburn, MI (US);
Richard P. Nash, Frankenmuth, MI (US);
STEERING SOLUTIONS IP HOLDING CORPORATION, Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
A steering wheel assembly comprises a plurality of control elements disposed on a user-accessible surface of the steering wheel assembly. Each of the plurality of control elements has a plurality of user-selectable operational states and is electrically coupled to a corresponding branch of an electric circuit. The electric circuit defines an output node and is configured to produce a single output signal at the output node. Each of the plurality of control elements is configured for affecting the single output signal based on an active one of the plurality of user-selectable operational states of the respective one of the plurality of control elements. The single output signal is indicative of the active ones of the plurality of user-selectable operational states for each of the plurality of control elements.