Patent ID: 6040535
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A starter switch formed as an ignition starter switch for a motor vehicle, comprising a starter switch housing; a rotor having a coupling for receiving a rotatable drive pin of a lock cylinder of a steering lock; a steering lock housing provided on the motor vehicle; means for releasably mounting the starter switch on the steering lock housing; guiding means for supporting the starter switch on the steering lock housing for displacement transversely to an axial direction of the lock cylinder, said guiding means being formed as guiding shoulders provided on said starter switch housing and extending transversely to the axial direction of the lock cylinder so as to be engaged by guiding webs of the steering lock housing, said guiding shoulders together with the guiding webs forming an abutment against an axial withdrawal of the starter switch from the steering lock housing, said starter switch housing being provided with arresting means for fixing the starter switch housing on the steering lock housing against a radial withdrawal.