Abstract A switch module comprising a body having on opposite sides thereof an electrical plug and an electrical socket. The plug and socket have corresponding electrical contacts and the plug is so dimensioned that it can mate with a socket which is substantially identical to the socket on the other face of the body of the switch module. A switch mechanism is incorporated in the body of the switch module and is capable of completing connections between selected contacts. There are inter-connections between corresponding contacts on the plug and the socket which are not, in use, connected by the switch mechanism. The invention further resides in a switch assembly for mounting on the steering column of the vehicle and comprising first and second switches having bores therethrough which in use receive the steering column. The first switch has a plug on one side thereof coaxial with the bore and the second switch has on one side thereof a socket in which the plug of the first switch is engageable. The second switch has on its face opposite the first switch a plug substantially identical to the plug of the first switch. The second switch having interconnections between selected contacts on the plug and socket respectively and a further socket adapted to be received by the plug on the second switch to provide external electrical connections for the assembly.
A switch assembly for mounting on the steering column of a vehicle, the assembly comprising a first switch unit having a bore extending therethrough capable of receiving a vehicle steering column, a first part of an electrical plug and socket connector carried by said first switch unit and accessible at one side of said unit, a second switch unit having extending therethrough a bore within which the steering column can be received, a second part of said electrical plug and socket connector carried by said second switch unit and mating with said first part of the connector carried by the first switch unit, a first part of a second electrical plug and socket connector carried by said second switch unit and accessible on the side of the second switch unit remote from the first switch unit, and, a second part of the second plug and socket connector mating with said first part of the second plug and socket connector carried by said second switch unit, said second part of said second connector unit providing external electrical connections to the second switch unit, and also providing external electrical connections to the first switch unit by way of conductors extending within the second switch unit from the first part of the second plug and socket connector to the second part of the first plug and socket connector.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A switch assembly for mounting on the steering column of a vehicle, the assembly comprising a first switch unit having a bore extending therethrough capable of receiving a vehicle steering column, a first part of an electrical plug and socket connector carried by said first switch unit and accessible at one side of said unit, a second switch unit having extending therethrough a bore within which the steering column can be received, a second part of said electrical plug and socket connector carried by said second switch unit and mating with said first part of the connector carried by the first switch unit, a first part of a second electrical plug and socket connector carried by said second switch unit and accessible on the side of the second switch unit remote from the first switch unit, and, a second part of the second plug and socket connector mating with said first part of the second plug and socket connector carried by said second switch unit, said second part of said second connector unit providing external electrical connections to the second switch unit, and also providing external electrical connections to the first switch unit by way of conductors extending within the second switch unit from the first part of the second plug and socket connector to the second part of the first plug and socket connector.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A switch assembly as claimed iN claim 1 wherein said first and second plug and socket connector units are coaxial with said bores of said switch units, said first parts of said first and second connectors being plug parts, and said second parts of said plug and socket connectors being connector parts.