US3766351A - Electric switch module - Google Patents

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US3766351A
US3766351A US00265692A US3766351DA US3766351A US 3766351 A US3766351 A US 3766351A US 00265692 A US00265692 A US 00265692A US 3766351D A US3766351D A US 3766351DA US 3766351 A US3766351 A US 3766351A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/02—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments
    • B60Q1/04—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights
    • B60Q1/14—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights having dimming means
    • B60Q1/1446—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights having dimming means controlled by mechanically actuated switches
    • B60Q1/1453—Hand actuated switches
    • B60Q1/1461—Multifunction switches for dimming headlights and controlling additional devices, e.g. for controlling direction indicating lights
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H19/00—Switches operated by an operating part which is rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof and which is acted upon directly by a solid body external to the switch, e.g. by a hand
    • H01H19/64—Encased switches adapted for ganged operation when assembled in a line with identical switches, e.g. stacked switches

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  • a switch module comprising a body having on opposite sides thereof an electrical plug and an electrical socket.
  • the plug and socket have corresponding electrical contacts and the plug is so dimensioned that it can mate with a socket which is substantially identical to the socket on the other face of the body of the switch module.
  • a switch mechanism is incorporated in the body of the switch module and is capable of completing connections between selected contacts. There are inter-connections between corresponding contacts on the plug and the socket which are not, in use, connected by the switch mechanism.
  • the second switch having interconnections between selected contacts on the plug and socket respectively and a further socket adapted to be received by the plug on the second switch to provide external electrical connections for the assembly.
  • a switch module comprises a body having on opposite sides thereof an electrical plug and an electrical socket, said plug and socket having a plurality of corresponding contacts, the plug being dimensioned so as to be receivable by a socket which is substantially identical to the socket on said other face, a switch mechanism in the body operable to complete connections between selected contacts, and inter-connections between corresponding contacts on the plug and socket which are not, in use, connected by the switch mechanism.
  • the invention further resides in a switch assembly for mounting on the steering column of a vehicle, comprising first and second switches having bores through which, in use, said column extends, said first switch having on one side thereof a plug coaxial with said bore, said second switch having on one side thereof a socket in which the plug on the first switch is engageable and on an opposite side thereof a plug substantially identical to the plug of the first switch, said second switch having interconnections between selected contacts on the plug and socket respectively, and a further socket adapted to be received by the plug on the second switch to provide external electrical connections for the assembly.
  • the arrangement includes switches 10, 11, 12, 13 which are arranged in tandem on a steering column 14 of a road vehicle.
  • Each of the switches 10, 11, 12, 13 has an insulating body which is generally in the formof a disc having an axial bore 15 through which the column 14 extends.
  • Each switch body has a pair of parallel, axially directed faces 16, 17.
  • a spigot 18 of the same material as the body Extending from face 17 of switch is a spigot 18 of the same material as the body.
  • Spigot 18 supports a plurality of Contact strips 19 which extend axially of spigot 18 to provide a plug.
  • Contact strips 19 extend within the body of switch 10, and selected ones of these contacts are interconnectible by a switch mechanism, shown generally at 20, within the switch 10.
  • Switch 11 abuts switch 10, adjacent faces 17, 16 of the respective switches l0, 11 being in contact. Face 17 of switch 11 has a spigot 21 extending therefrom and supporting contact strips 22, providing a plug identical to the plug of switch 10.
  • a switch mechanism 23 operable to interconnect selected ones of the contacts 22.
  • the remainder of the contacts 22 are cranked within switch 1 1 and lie on the inside of an insulating sleeve 24 so as to provide a socket capable of receiving the plug of switch 10, the said remainder of contacts 22 engaging associated contacts l9.
  • Switches 12, 13 are generally similar to switch 11.
  • the switch mechanisms of switches 10, 11 and 12, however, are provided with operating elements in the form of levers 10a, 11a, 12a which extend generally rathe push-push type, operated by a button 130.
  • Selected contacts of switches 12, 13 are inter-connectible by the associated switch mechanisms, the others of the contacts extending through the switches, as described in connection with switch 11.
  • Socket 25 Surrounding the column 14 below switch 13 is a socket 25 adapted to receive the downwardly extending plug of switch 13. Socket 25 has contacts 26 to which cables 27 are connected to provide external connections for the switch assembly. Socket 25 has a body of resilient plastics material having three equispaced retaining tongues 28 which engage in complementary recesses in switch 13. Switches 10, 11 and 12 are also provided with recesses in which tongues 28 of the adjacent switch can engage to physically interconnect the switches. The socket 25 is secured to the column 14 and the switches 10, 11 and 12 are subsequently assembled on to the column 14, being supported and located by the socket 25.
  • any of switches 10, 11 12, 13 can be assembled onto shaft 14 either alone or in combination with any others of the switches, the necessary connections being made to socket 25 via the aligned contacts of the switches. Furthermore, with the exception of switch 10 which when fitted is always at the top, the switches may be arranged in any order on shaft 14.
  • switch 10 is associated with direction indicators, switch 11 with lighting, switch 12 with windscreen wipers and switch 13 with a hazard warning system.
  • a switch assembly for mounting on the steering column of a vehicle, the assembly comprising a first switch unit having a bore extending therethrough capable of receiving a vehicle steering column, a firstpart of an electrical plug and socket connector carried by said first switch unit and accessible at one side of said unit, a second switch unit having extending therethrough a bore within which the steering column can be received, a second part of said electrical plug and socket connector carried by said second switch unit and mating with said first part of the connector carried by the first switch unit, a first part of a second electrical plug and socket connector carried by said second switch unit and accessible on the side of the second switch unit remote from the first switch unit, and, a second part of the second plug and socket connector mating with said first part of the second plug and socket connector carried by said second switch unit, said second part of said second connector unit providing external electrical connections to the second switch unit, and also providing external electrical connections to the first switch unit by way of conductors extending within the second switch unit from the first part of the second plug and socket connector to the second part of the first plug and socket
  • Switch 13 has a mechanism of COI'II'ICCtOl'S being connector parts.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Steering Controls (AREA)
  • Switch Cases, Indication, And Locking (AREA)
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US4144425A (en) * 1974-08-12 1979-03-13 Swf-Spezialfabrik Fur Autozubehor Gustave Rau Gmbh Steering column switch mounting
FR2430111A1 (fr) * 1978-06-29 1980-01-25 Kostal Fa Leopold Bloc commutateur fixe sur la colonne de direction de vehicules
US4196323A (en) * 1977-09-16 1980-04-01 American Optical Corporation Combined input connector and lead selection switch for electrical signal processing apparatus
US4379954A (en) * 1979-10-24 1983-04-12 Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho Lever operated plural switch assembly
US5581061A (en) * 1993-11-16 1996-12-03 Eaton Controls Gmbh & Co. Kg Motor vehicle steering column switch
US5747763A (en) * 1995-11-24 1998-05-05 Niles Parts Co., Ltd. Fitting structure of rotary connector and switch
US5780796A (en) * 1996-05-13 1998-07-14 Niles Parts Co., Ltd. Mounting construction of a combination switch
US5977494A (en) * 1995-09-08 1999-11-02 Yazaki Corporation Symmetrically mounted switches on steering wheel column body including wiring connection and control unit
US6384351B1 (en) 2000-03-23 2002-05-07 Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc. Switch apparatus for actuating a plurality of electrical circuits
US6396011B1 (en) 2000-03-23 2002-05-28 Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc. Multi-function switch lever apparatus
US6403899B1 (en) 2000-03-23 2002-06-11 Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc. Vehicle fog lamp interlock switch apparatus
US6444929B1 (en) 2000-03-23 2002-09-03 Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc. Multi-function stalk switch with zero backlash drive gear pair

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US4144425A (en) * 1974-08-12 1979-03-13 Swf-Spezialfabrik Fur Autozubehor Gustave Rau Gmbh Steering column switch mounting
US4196323A (en) * 1977-09-16 1980-04-01 American Optical Corporation Combined input connector and lead selection switch for electrical signal processing apparatus
FR2430111A1 (fr) * 1978-06-29 1980-01-25 Kostal Fa Leopold Bloc commutateur fixe sur la colonne de direction de vehicules
US4336428A (en) * 1978-06-29 1982-06-22 Firma Leopold Kostal Steering column assembly switch for automotive vehicles
US4379954A (en) * 1979-10-24 1983-04-12 Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho Lever operated plural switch assembly
US5581061A (en) * 1993-11-16 1996-12-03 Eaton Controls Gmbh & Co. Kg Motor vehicle steering column switch
US5977494A (en) * 1995-09-08 1999-11-02 Yazaki Corporation Symmetrically mounted switches on steering wheel column body including wiring connection and control unit
US5747763A (en) * 1995-11-24 1998-05-05 Niles Parts Co., Ltd. Fitting structure of rotary connector and switch
US5780796A (en) * 1996-05-13 1998-07-14 Niles Parts Co., Ltd. Mounting construction of a combination switch
US6384351B1 (en) 2000-03-23 2002-05-07 Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc. Switch apparatus for actuating a plurality of electrical circuits
US6396011B1 (en) 2000-03-23 2002-05-28 Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc. Multi-function switch lever apparatus
US6403899B1 (en) 2000-03-23 2002-06-11 Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc. Vehicle fog lamp interlock switch apparatus
US6444929B1 (en) 2000-03-23 2002-09-03 Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc. Multi-function stalk switch with zero backlash drive gear pair
US6534733B2 (en) 2000-03-23 2003-03-18 Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc. Stalk switch apparatus with biased latch and return components to prevent damage

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AU462862B2 (en) 1975-07-10
AR198790A1 (es) 1974-07-24
AU4349972A (en) 1973-12-20
DE2230326C3 (de) 1981-09-03
IT958480B (it) 1973-10-20
GB1387264A (en) 1975-03-12
DE2230326A1 (de) 1973-01-11
DE2230326B2 (de) 1980-09-04
JPS549302B1 (de) 1979-04-23

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