Patent ID: 7921824

Claim:
An ignition device for a motor ( 50 ), especially in a motor vehicle, with a stationary housing ( 10 ) and a slide ( 20 ) that can be manually operated ( 44 . 1 to 44 . 3 ) therein against a restoring force ( 22 ), which slide ( 20 ) can be moved translationally ( 26 ) from a home position ( 20 . 0 ), which is determined by the restoring force ( 22 ) and end stops ( 19 ), into one of several operating positions ( 20 . 1 to 20 . 3 ), with at least one two-part slide control system ( 45 ), which determines the desired operating position ( 20 . 1 to 20 . 3 ) of the slide ( 20 ), where one of the parts of the slide control system ( 45 ) consists of a cam ( 35 ), and the other part consists of a pin ( 25 ) guided therein, and at least two lock-in positions ( 38 . 1 , 38 . 2 ) are provided in the slide control system ( 45 ) for at least two positions ( 20 . 1 , 20 . 2 ) of the slide ( 20 ), with an ignition switch ( 40 ) that is electrically connected with the motor ( 50 ), which ignition switch ( 40 ) can be reversed—depending on the translational movement ( 26 ) of the slide ( 20 )—from its “off” position ( 40 . 0 ) to one of several “on” positions ( 40 . 1 to 40 . 3 ) with different operative actions, including an ignition position ( 40 . 1 ), a start position ( 40 . 2 ), and a drive position ( 40 . 3 ) of the motor ( 50 ), with a loose identification transmitter ( 14 ), which serves as proof of authorization to operate the slide ( 20 ) and is in the possession of the authorized person, and with a stationary identification receiver ( 60 ) in the motor vehicle, which communicates with the associated identification transmitter ( 14 ) when the identification transmitter ( 14 ) is brought into a well-defined operative position relative to the ignition device, after which, if communication is successful, the identification receiver ( 60 ) activates the ignition switch ( 40 ), wherein the ignition switch is a rotary switch ( 40 ), which has a rotatable input member ( 43 ) for switching its contacts, where a rotor ( 30 ) is rotatably supported in the housing ( 10 ) and is nonrotatably connected with the input member ( 43 ) of the ignition switch ( 40 ), where the rotor ( 30 ) constitutes one part of the slide control system ( 45 ), which has at least two lock-in positions ( 38 . 1 , 38 . 2 ) for at least two stable operating positions ( 25 . 1 , 25 . 3 ) of the slide ( 20 ), and when the slide ( 20 ) is actuated ( 44 . 1 to 44 . 3 ), the slide control system ( 45 ) on the rotor ( 30 ) converts the translational movement ( 26 ) of the slide ( 20 ) into a rotary movement ( 36 ) of the rotary switch ( 40 ).