Patent ID: 7161099
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: B60R,H01H

Abstract:
1. A warning system for an ignition switch, comprising: a housing of the ignition switch; a plunger having at least a portion slidably received in said housing, a key abutment end and a contact abutment end opposite said key abutment end, and said plunger being movable between first and second positions with respect to said housing along a longitudinal axis thereof, and first and second contacts positioned in said housing, said first and second contacts being spaced from one another when said plunger is in said first position, and said first and second contacts being in contact when said plunger is in said second position, and at least one of said first and second contacts being substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis, and the other of said first and second contacts including first and second end portions and a middle portion, said first end portion being substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis, and said middle portion being inclined with respect to said first portion, thereby forming a ramp for contact with said plunger.