Steering wheel mounted switch device

摘要

A steering switch device mounted on a spoke portion of a steering wheel allows a first operating knob which can operate to press an operating surface upward obliquely of the front side to be adjacent to a second operating knob which can operate to tilt an operating surface approximately toward the rear of a vehicle. The first and second operating knobs are arranged such that the operating surface and the operating surface of each other are smoothly continuous due to the presence of a minute gap, and are continuous so as to form a surface following the surface entirely from an upper surface (surface opposing a driver) up to a lateral surface (front side surface when viewed from the driver) of the steering wheel.

主权项

1. A steering switch device mounted on a spoke portion connecting a ring portion and a pad portion of a steering wheel, comprising:
a first operating knob arranged at the spoke portion so as to have an operating surface on a front surface side opposing a driver of the spoke portion; a first switch element driven by the first operating knob; a second operating knob arranged at the spoke portion so as to have an operating surface on a lateral surface side connecting the front surface and a rear surface opposing the front surface of the spoke portion; a second switch element driven by the second operating knob; a circuit board on which the first and second switch elements are arranged; and a support member which is fixed to the steering wheel, supports the first and second operating knobs so as to be respectively operable, and holds the circuit board, wherein the first operating knob is supported so as to be capable of a pressing operation and the second operating knob is pivotally supported so as to be capable of a tilting operation, and wherein an upper edge of the second operating knob is adjacent to the first operating knob, and is pivotally supported in the vicinity of a lower end portion of the second operating knob.