Patent ID: 6867382

Claim:
A vehicle door jamb modular contact switch for transmitting electrical current through a vehicle door jamb assembly including a door jamb of a movable door and fixed door post, comprising: an active contact assembly comprising a plurality of active contact modules, each active contact module having a biased contact active contact and a housing having one or more coupling surfaces, wherein two or more active contact modules are coupled via their coupling surfaces, the active contact assembly adapted to be mounted to the door jamb of a movable door; a passive contact assembly comprising a plurality of passive contact modules, each passive contact module having a passive contact and a housing having one or more coupling surfaces, wherein two or more active contact modules are coupled via their coupling surfaces, the passive contact assembly adapted to be mounted within the fixed-door post, the movable door and the fixed-door post in cooperating relationship wherein the biased contact active contacts of the plurality of active contact modules are in cooperative engagement with the passive contacts of the plurality of passive contact modules and operative to mate therewith to form a closed circuit when the vehicle door assumes a closed position.