US 12,221,031 B2
Steering column switch for a motor vehicle
Alexander Trinn, Luedenscheid (DE)
Assigned to KOSTAL Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG, Luedenscheid (DE)
Filed by KOSTAL Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG, Luedenscheid (DE)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/305,007.
Application 18/305,007 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/084231, filed on Dec. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 007 438.3 (DE), filed on Dec. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0256898 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); H03K 17/97 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 1/1469 (2013.01) [H03K 17/97 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering column switch for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a switch lever pivotable in two mutually perpendicular directions;
a switch body pivotable about a first axis;
the switch lever having an end piece, the end piece of the switch lever being pivotably mounted in the switch body so that the switch lever is pivotable about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, the end piece of the switch lever bearing a spring-loaded latching sleeve that is engageable into a detent cam at different positions;
a slide mounted on the switch body so that the slide is linearly displaceable parallel to the first axis and follows movement of the switch lever about the second axis; and
a magnet and a magnet sensor that are positionable relative to one another via movements of the switch lever, the magnet being fixedly connected to the slide and swivels together with the switch body during swivel movements of the switch body about the first axis.