Vehicle control switch

Claim 1

IN A CONTROL SWITCH FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT HAVING A CONTROL MEMBER SELECTIVELY MOVABLE BETWEEN AND OPEN AND CLOSED CIRCUIT POSITIONS, MEANS AUTOMATICALLY MOVING SAID CONTROL MEMBER FROM CLOSED CIRCUIT POSITION TO OPEN CIRCUIT POSITION COMPRISING MEANS NORMALLY BLIASING SAID CONTROL MEMBER TO OPEN CIRCUIT POSITION, MOVABLE DETENT MEANS ENGAGING SAID CONTROL MEMBER IN THE CLOSED CIRCUIT POSITION THEREOF RETAINING THE SAME IN CLOSED CIRCUIT POSITION AGAINST THE FORCE OF SAID BIASING MEANS, SAID DETENT MEANS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CONTROL MEMBER, AND OPERATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID DETENT MEANS AND TO A VEHICLE ENGINE ENERGY SOURCE VARIABLE IN RESPONSE TO OPERATING CONDITIONS OF THE ENGINE MOVING SAID DETENT MEANS FROM SAID FIRST MEMBER ENGAGING POSITION TO SAID SECOND MEMBER ENGAGING POSITION UPON AND DURING OPERATION OF THE ENGINE IN PREDETERMINED MANNER AND MOVING SAID DETENT MEANS FROM SAID SECOND MEMBER ENGAGING POSITION TO SAID FIRST MEMBER ENGAGING POSITION WHEN THE ENGINE IS NOT OPERATING IN SAID PRE-DETERMINED MANNER, SAID FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS OF ENGAGEMENT MANNER, SAID FIRST BEING SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER FOR DISENGAGING SAID DETENT MEANS FROM SAID CONTROL MEMBER AND THEREBY RELEASING SAID CONTROL MEMBER UPON EACH MOVEMENT OF SAID DETENT MEANS, WHEREBY TO ACCOMMODATE MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTROL MEMBER BY SAID BIASING MEANS FROM CLOSED CIRCUIT POSITION, IF THE SAME IS SO SET, TO OPEN CIRCUIT POSITION.