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Automobile steering wheel switch

  • US 6,147,315 A
  • Filed: 04/09/1999
  • Issued: 11/14/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A switch assembly for use on an automobile steering wheel, said assembly comprising a plurality of accessory switches and a support housing for mounting inside the steering wheel for accommodating an airbag module, at least one horn switch, a stationary support plate, which supports the support housing in a spring-biased, wobbling manner, whereby the support housing has mounted on a side facing the support plate a contact unit with connector contacts, said contact unit comprising switch guides that contact individual ones of said plurality of switches by way of connecting lines, wherein said at least one horn switch is located on said connecting lines, wherein said contact unit has thereon a dome open in a direction of the support plate and which accommodates said at least one horn switch.

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