MULTIFUNCTIONAL WINDSHIELD WIPER STALK SWITCH

摘要

A combined windshield front and rear washing and wiping stalk switch having a single contact substrate that is adapted to engage a front wiper carrier, a front wash carrier and a rear wipe/wash carrier. To this end, the multifunctional steering column stalk switch comprises: a housing (18); a substrate (28) fixed inside the housing having a first leg and a second leg; a conductive trace (32a, b and c) on one surface of each leg; a first carrier (40) moveably engaged with the first leg having an electrical contact adapted to engage the conductive trace on the first leg; a second carrier (52) moveably engaged with the second leg having an electrical contact adapted to engage the conductive trace on the second leg; a first manual input device (20) adapted to move the first carrier with respect to the first leg; and a second manual input device (22) adapted to move the second carrier with respect to the second leg.