Die Erfindung betrifft einen Wipptaster (10, 11) zum Einsatz in Kraftfahrzeuge mit einem Gehäuse (13), mit einem Sockel (12) als Träger für feste und bewegliche Kontakte (16, 18), mit einer Betätigungswippe (15) zur Beaufschlagung der beweglichen Kontakte (18) und mit elektrischen Anschlüssen (24), wobei die als Steckerstifte ausgebildeten elektrischen Anschlüsse (24) parallel zur Montagefläche des Wipptasters (10, 11) angeordnet sind.

Die Erfindung betrifft einen Wipptaster (10, 11) zum Einsatz in Kraftfahrzeuge mit einem Gehäuse (13), mit einem Sockel (12) als Träger für feste und bewegliche Kontakte (16, 18), mit einer Betätigungswippe (15) zur Beaufschlagung der beweglichen Kontakte (18) und mit elektrischen Anschlüssen (24), wobei die als Steckerstifte ausgebildeten elektrischen Anschlüsse (24) parallel zur Montagefläche des Wipptasters (10, 11) angeordnet sind.

A switch assembly having a rocker type actuator user rotatable for sequentially actuating plural switches. The rocker contacts, off center a lever beam supported at its end by plungers disposed to actuate the individual membrane switches or optical activators. User applications of an initial force to the rocker causes the lever beam to pivot about the remote plunger for actuation of the switch closest to the rocker contact point. After actuation of the closest switch, user application of a greater force continues rotation of the rocker to cause the lever beam to pivot about the closest plunger for causing actuation of the remote switch. Overtravel is shared by beam deflection of the lever and columnar compression of cylindrical tower portions of the resilient membranes.

A switch assembly of the type having a rocker actuator user rotatable in opposite directions from a neutral position for alternate actuation of individual switches on opposite sides of the rocker. The rocker has a plurality of arcuately spaced recesses which are resiliently engaged to detent the rocker in a neutral and an actuated position. In one embodiment, the recesses engage a resilient wire beam spring extending parallel to the rocker axis. In another embodiment, the recesses are formed on a portion of the rocker which resiliently deflects to permit engagement and disengagement with a stationary pivot surface. In another embodiment, recesses in the rocker are engaged by a detent surface provided on a stationary resiliently deflectable beam extending at right angles to the rocker axis.

In a remote control switch for posture adjustment of the automotive mirrors, there are disposed on a substrate (7) fixed within a casing (1) a first group of fixed contacts for posture control of the lefthand mirror and a second group of fixed contacts for posture control of the righthand mirror, the fixed contacts forming the first group and those forming the second group being disposed offset a predetermined angle from each other. Two electrically conductive balls (8) are disposed as spaced from each other and electrically connected to each other to form a pair of moving contacts. Maintained in the positional relation, the moving contacts in two such pairs are held by a rotary switching member (15) so as to roll on the substrate. An operating shaft (4) is mounted pivotably and tiltably to the casing, and normally forced in a direction perpendicular to the substrate so as to take the neutral position. Further, it is operatively connected to the rotary switching member. As the operating shaft is pivoted about the axis thereof, the rotary switching member is rotated to select either the lefthand or righthand mirror, while leftward, rightward, forward or backward tilting of the operating shaft controls the tilting of the mirror face about the vertical or horizontal axis.

Eine Steuereinheit zur Handsteuerung von reversierbaren elektromechanischen Verstelleinrichtungen, z.B. für Kraftfahrzeug-Rückblickspiegel, wird vorgestellt, die in eine Schalteranordnung (1) und eine Decodier- (13) und Steuer­schaltung (20) aufgeteilt ist, wobei der Informationsfluß zwischen der Schalteranordnung und der Decodier- und Steuerschaltung, welche die Verstelleinrichtungen betreibt, in binär codierter Form erfolgt, damit bei mehr als zwei zu verstellenden Rückblickspiegeln (15, 16, 17) die benötigte Anzahl sowohl von Schaltkontakten als auch von Anschlußklemmen (6-11) der Schalteranordnung minimiert werden kann.

The present invention includes a variable reflectivity mirror assembly operable to provide positions of high and low reflectivity which includes a support member or housing (12), a reflective panel (11), motor means (14), actuation means (18) secured to the housing for driving by the drive element of the motor (14), and a timed-drive circuit (44) for directing the current through the motor (14) in opposite directions to move the mirror (11) between the two positions. The present invention also includes a mechanism for actuating the mirror as well as the motor drive circuit and the push-button assembly for actuating the mirror.

A control switch for a motor driven remote control mirror device in a vehicle has a switching control circuit for connecting motors for driving a mirror to be tilted to a DC power source. The control circuit has first and second stationary contact to be connected with one terminals of the motors for tilting the mirror around horizontal and vertical axes, and a third stationary contact to be commonly connected to the other terminals of the motors, the contacts are selectively connected with the negative and positive polarities of a power source by bridge members disposed corresponding to the contacts. The bridge members ordinarily connect the contacts to the negative polarity of the power source, and connect, when elastically deformed, to the positive polarity. A push plate is elastically supported by the bridge members, has a leg for operating the bridge members on the back surface, and the relative bridge member is operated by pressing the direction indication unit of the push plate.

The present invention relates to a multi-position electrical switch comprising a housing (1), an insulating board (2) provided with a pair of electrodes constituting fixed contacts, a pressure-sensitive electrically conductive rubber sheet (5) extending over said electrodes so as to form switch elements with the latter, a supporting plate (8) disposed on the rubber sheet and having a central ball-and-socket joint (9) and a plurality of openings, and an operating button (11) tiltably mounted on the ball of said joint.

The bottom face of the button (11) has four faces having raised pressing surfaces arranged for engagement with the portions of the rubber sheet corresponding to the switch elements when the button (11) is tilted. The ball of the joint (9) has pins whereas the socket has grooves for receiving respective ones of said pins when the button is tilted, the grooves being elastic and slightly narrower than the diameter of the pins in order to urge the button back from a tilted position to its untilted position.

A control switch for a motor driven remote control mirror device in a vehicle has a switching control circuit for connecting motors for driving a mirror to be tilted to a DC power source. The control circuit has first and second stationary contact to be connected with one terminals of the motors for tilting the mirror around horizontal and vertical axes, and a third stationary contact to be commonly connected to the other terminals of the motors, the contacts are selectively connected with the negative and positive polarities of a power source by bridge members disposed corresponding to the contacts. The bridge members ordinarily connect the contacts to the negative polarity of the power source, and connect, when elastically deformed, to the positive polarity. A push plate is elastically supported by the bridge members, has a leg for operating the bridge members on the back surface, and the relative bridge member is operated by pressing the direction indication unit of the push plate.

A multidirectional operating device 1 includes an operational knob 8 including a knob body 80 and plural ribs 84, and a bezel portion 7 disposed around a rotational axis of the operational knob. The bezel portion 8 includes plural limiting portions 760 formed standing from a top surface side so as to limit the inclination operation of the operational knob 8 by being opposite to a contact surface 842 of the ribs 84 when the operational knob 8 is located at a neutral position, and plural permitting portions 761 arranged between the limiting portions 760 so as to permit the inclination operation of the operational knob 8 while avoiding a contact with the contact surface 842 of the ribs 84 when the operational knob 8 is located at an operational position that allows the inclination operation by being rotated from the neutral position to a right or left position.

A switch device includes an operation part, a first push mechanism that, by a rotation operation of the operation part, selects and activates a first push switch part, a second push mechanism that, by a tilt operation of the operation part, activates a second push switch part, a circuit board including the first push switch part and the second push switch part mounted thereto, and a contact rubber interposed between the circuit board and the first and second push mechanisms. The contact rubber includes contacts corresponding to the first push switch part and the second push switch part and is configured such that the contacts contact with or separate from the corresponding switch parts by a movement of the first push mechanism and the second push mechanism. The contact rubber is formed so as to cover an entire upper surface of the circuit board.

A multi-directional switch device (1) for a power mirror device includes: an operation shaft (3) to which an operation knob (2) is mounted and which is able to perform a rotating operation and a tilting operation; and a housing (1⊙) which supports the operation shaft (3). In the housing (1⊙), a circuit board (4) which has a second fixed contact (17) on the lower surface, a wafer (5) which is placed on the circuit board (4) and has a first fixed contact (21), a rotation holder (6) which rotates integrally with the operation shaft (3) while allowing oscillation of the operation shaft (3), a rotation slider (7) which rotates integrally with the operation shaft (3) and slides during the tilting operation, a first movable contact (22) held in the rotation holder (6), and a second movable contact (18) held in the rotation slider (7) are arranged. When the operation shaft (3) is rotated and thus the rotation holder (6) is rotated from a rotation neutral position by about 18⊙ degrees, a first signal is output. When the operation shaft (3) is tilted in a state where the rotation holder (6) is rotated by about ±45 degrees, a second or third signal is output.

A spherical portion of a shaft is provided with engagement projection portions at two locations to be arranged by intervals of 90° in the rotational circumferential direction and there is provided a guide portion including limiting faces for being engaged to the engagement projection portions to lock a swing motion of the shaft and release recessed portions for releasing the engagement of the engagement projection portions at a switch operational position where the operational knob is rotated to allow an operation of the inclination motion by the operational knob in a plane direction due to the swing of the shaft. This construction thus prevents the operation of the inclination motion by the operational knob when the operational knob is at a neutral position.