Structure for mounting column switches for vehicles
First Claim
1. A mounting structure for mounting a column switch on a handle shaft of a vehicle, comprising the combination of:
- a base board defining at least one generally U-shaped depression therein formed by a bottom member and a pair of opposed side walls, each having an inner side and an outer side, generally outwardly extending from said base board when said base board is fixed on the handle shaft of the vehicle, said depression being structurally adapted to receive a column switch therein, the inner sides of each of said side walls of said depression defining guide grooves on opposed interior portions thereof located so as to face each other inwardly, said U-shaped depression further having at least one opening therein for receiving a fastening member;
a column switch which includes a housing defined at least by opposed left and right walls thereof, and including guide projections on the respective left and right walls thereof for engaging said guide grooves in said U-shaped depression when said column switch is inserted in said U-shaped depression, said switch further defining at least one opening therein located in register with the opening in said U-shaped depression when said column switch is located therein, for also receiving said fastening member; and
a fastening member extending through one of either of said opening in said U-shaped depression or said opening in said switch to engage securely the other of said openings,whereby said column switch is securely fixed by said fastening member to said base board.
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Abstract
A device for mounting the column switches for vehicles fixes various kinds of unit type column switches for vehicles, for example, unit type turn signal switches, a wiper switch, a washer switch, and so forth on the base board fixed on the handle shaft of a vehicle. Guide projections are provided at both sides of the column switches for vehicles, while U-shaped depressions in which said column switches are fitted are provided on the base board. This depression has guide grooves at its side walls, and the guide projections are inserted into said guide grooves. Further, screw holes are arranged at a part of the column switches for vehicles or a part of said base board, while through holes are provided at a part of the base board or a part of the column switches for vehicles at the position which corresponds to and aligns with said screw holes. The column switches for vehicles can firmly be fixed on the base board by screwing a plurality of threaded rods into the screw holes while passing the rods through the through holes.
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9 Claims
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1. A mounting structure for mounting a column switch on a handle shaft of a vehicle, comprising the combination of:
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a base board defining at least one generally U-shaped depression therein formed by a bottom member and a pair of opposed side walls, each having an inner side and an outer side, generally outwardly extending from said base board when said base board is fixed on the handle shaft of the vehicle, said depression being structurally adapted to receive a column switch therein, the inner sides of each of said side walls of said depression defining guide grooves on opposed interior portions thereof located so as to face each other inwardly, said U-shaped depression further having at least one opening therein for receiving a fastening member; a column switch which includes a housing defined at least by opposed left and right walls thereof, and including guide projections on the respective left and right walls thereof for engaging said guide grooves in said U-shaped depression when said column switch is inserted in said U-shaped depression, said switch further defining at least one opening therein located in register with the opening in said U-shaped depression when said column switch is located therein, for also receiving said fastening member; and a fastening member extending through one of either of said opening in said U-shaped depression or said opening in said switch to engage securely the other of said openings, whereby said column switch is securely fixed by said fastening member to said base board. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9)
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7. A mounting structure for mounting column switches on a handle shaft of a vehicle, comprising:
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a base board defining a first and second generally U-shaped depression therein, oppositely located respectively on a left hand portion and a right hand portion of the base board when the base board is fixed about the handle shaft of the vehicle, each of said first and second depressions being structurally adapted to receive a first and a second vehicle column switch respectively therein;
the first column switch defining opposed left and right exterior walls including an operative member for controlling the operation of at least one electrically operative device on said vehicle, the second column switch including an operative member for controlling the operation of at least one other electrically operated device on said vehicle, each of said first and said second depressions including guide grooves arranged laterally on opposed left and right interior walls of the respective first and second depression;
guide projections provided on opposed left and right exterior walls of each of said first and second switches, located so that when said first and said second column switches are respectively fitted in said first and second depressions, the guide grooves guide the respective switches into a secure engagement in said depressions;
tabs arranged on the respective left and right walls of said first and second column switches and located thereon above the guide projections thereon to engage corresponding stepped sections on upper right end surfaces of the base board, each of said tabs including through holes extending therethrough; andfastening means projecting through said through holes in said tabs for engaging said baseboard so that when said first and second switches are located in said first and said second depressions, said switches are tightly fixed to said base board. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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