Patent ID: 6765159
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A switch to be mounted on a design element in the passenger room of a motor vehicle, comprising:a haptic element having a base body comprising a socket zone, and at least one mechanical operating element movable relative to the base body; and a flexible conductor having a reinforced supporting zone with a plurality of electrically conductive switch elements mounted on the supporting zone of the flexible conductor, wherein the haptic element comprises an actuator connected to the operating element, wherein the actuator actuates at least one of the plurality of switch elements when the operating element is actuated, and wherein the supporting zone of the flexible conductor and the socket zone of the haptic element are configured so that they are positioned and fixed relative to each other without establishing a permanent electrical conductive connection between the flexible conductor and the haptic element, and wherein the socket zone of the haptic element receives the switch elements, and wherein when the socket zone receives the switch elements, the switch elements enter into an active connection with the actuator of the operating element so that a switch signal is triggered by the actuator acting on the switch elements during actuation of the operating element.