Patent ID: 8063324
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: B62D,H01H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A paddle switch for a steering wheel, the paddle switch protruding from a lower portion of a center pad provided on a center of the steering wheel, comprising: a first operation knob which is pulled up with a fingertip of a driver toward the driver so as to be turned ON/OFF, in which an entire body of the first operation knob is formed of a transparent photoconductor for visually recognizing instantaneously whether the first operation knob is touched with the fingertip, wherein an outer periphery of the first operation knob is illuminated depending on an ON/OFF operation of the paddle switch, and only a band-shaped portion formed continuously around the first operation knob on three sides of the outer periphery of the first operation knob is illuminated depending on the ON/OFF operation of the paddle switch.