Patent ID: 9266551
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: B60Q,B62D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An integrated motor vehicle equipment component control system for use with a motor vehicle steering wheel having an annular ring, the annular ring having a skin, and a motor vehicle equipment component, the motor vehicle equipment component having a plurality of functions, the integrated motor vehicle equipment component control system comprising: a left actuator, the left actuator further comprising a switch array, the left actuator attached to the steering wheel annular ring with one end of the left actuator oriented towards the 9 o'clock position and the opposite end of the left actuator oriented towards the 12 o'clock position on the annular ring, the left actuator covered by the skin; a right actuator, the right actuator further comprising a switch array, the right actuator attached to the steering wheel annular ring with one end of the right actuator oriented towards the 3 o'clock position and the opposite end of the right actuator oriented towards the 12 o'clock position on the annular ring, the right actuator covered by the skin; a controller, the controller connected to the left and right actuators, the controller further connected to a system controller, the system controller adapted to activate at least a first function and a second function; wherein the left actuator and the right actuator do not overlap; wherein the controller activates the left actuator and the right actuator when the left and the right actuators are depressed simultaneously and held for a pre-set threshold time, thus providing an activated left actuator and an activated right actuator; wherein the first function is activated when the activated left actuator is depressed; and wherein the second function is activated when the activated right actuator is depressed.