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Haptic steering wheel switch apparatus and haptic steering wheel swtich system including the same

  • US 8,809,716 B2
  • Filed: 12/22/2011
  • Issued: 08/19/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A haptic steering wheel switch apparatus comprising:

  • a haptic wheel housing unit configured to be disposed on a vehicle steering wheel;

    a circuit board unit configured to be disposed inside the haptic wheel housing unit;

    a haptic wheel device including a haptic wheel device actuator configured to establish an electrical connection with the circuit board unit and including a haptic shaft, a haptic knob connected with the haptic shaft and exposedly disposed in the haptic wheel housing unit, and a haptic wheel device sensing unit configured to detect the rotating state of the haptic shaft, the haptic knob being movable in a vertical direction that is perpendicular to a plane on which the vehicle steering wheel is arranged;

    a push switch disposed on the circuit board unit; and

    a push switch operating part provided on an outer circumference of the haptic wheel device actuator,wherein, according to a movement of the haptic knob in said vertical direction, the haptic wheel device actuator moves in said vertical direction, and the push switch operating part moves along with the haptic wheel device actuator in said vertical direction and presses the push switch.

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