Patent ID: 7232966

Claim:
A steering wheel horn contact unit, comprising: a metal contact sheet ( 40 ), said metal contact sheet ( 40 ) being embedded into a carrier part ( 52 ) of plastic and mounted therein, and having at least one freely projecting horn contact tongue ( 46 ), said horn contact tongue ( 46 ) being bendable, said horn contact tongue ( 46 ) being surrounded by said carrier part ( 52 ), viewed in switching movement direction (X), and wherein a height of said carrier part ( 52 ), at least in a section ( 64 ) surrounding said horn contact tongue ( 46 ) is such that the section ( 64 ) projects upwards and downwards with respect to said horn contact tongue ( 46 ), in said switching movement direction (X) so that the contact tongue ( 46 ) does not protrude over the section ( 64 ).