A push switch and a motor vehicle in which such a push switch is used. The push switch has a push cap, a baseplate, a switch element which is actuatable by the push cap, a first lever, and a second lever. The first lever and the second lever are mounted rotatably on the baseplate by means of bearing blocks and are each connected movably to the push cap at a first lever end. At a second lever end, the first lever and the second lever are connected movably to one another. The first lever and the second lever are designed such that they form mass compensation for the push cap.

A steering wheel remote control for a vehicle includes: a first button and a second button arranged on a top surface of the remote control and configured to move downward when being pressed; and a first printed circuit board (PCB) and a second PCB each of which arranged under the first button and the second button. The first PCB comprises a first switch terminal configured to be pressed downward to perform a first function when the first button moves downward, and the second PCB comprises a second switch terminal configured to be pressed downward to perform a second function when the second button moves downward. The first PCB and the second PCB are spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction.

An input apparatus for a vehicle includes: a housing mounted on the vehicle; a substrate disposed inside the housing; a push button device disposed in the housing to be pressed; a dial device arranged and configured to be rotated about the push button device, being non-peristaltic when the push button device is pressed, and maintained in a posture with respect to the housing, a first sensing device disposed on the substrate to sense pressing of the push button device; and a second sensing device disposed on the substrate to sense rotation of the dial device.

An electrical system is provided. In a non-limiting embodiment, an electrical system may include a load circuit comprising a plurality of series-connected storage/converter cells for supplying the load circuit, and an event sensor. Isolator switches may be provided between series-connected storage/converter cells, said isolator switches being in a closed position during normal operation of the electrical system, and being arranged such that they change to an open position when the event sensor is triggered.

A tailgate deactivation system. A switch includes two terminals configured to be electrically coupled to a tailgate power circuit that supplies power to at least a portion of a tailgate of a vehicle, and an actuator configured to electrically couple the two terminals in an on state to allow power to flow in the tailgate power circuit, and to electrically decouple the two terminals in an off state to inhibit power from flowing in the tailgate power circuit.

A tailgate deactivation system. A switch includes two terminals configured to be electrically coupled to a tailgate power circuit that supplies power to at least a portion of a tailgate of a vehicle, and an actuator configured to electrically couple the two terminals in an on state to allow power to flow in the tailgate power circuit, and to electrically decouple the two terminals in an off state to inhibit power from flowing in the tailgate power circuit.

A switch device includes three or more sensors configured to detect three or more respective measurement values with respect to an operation position of a switch; a memory; and a processor configured to determine a switching state of the switch by making a majority decision based on measurement levels of the three or more measurement values of the three or more sensors, and determine whether a failure has occurred for each of the three or more sensors. The processor compares a measurement value of one sensor among the three or more sensors with measurement values of other sensors other than the one sensor among the three or more sensors, and determines that the one sensor has failed in a case where half or more of the measurement values of the other sensors are not in a predetermined range of the measurement value of the one sensor.

A switch device includes an operating knob to receive an operation for a device to be controlled, a first detection electrode portion that is attached to the operating knob and detects a first operation position on the operating knob based on capacitance, a second detection electrode portion that is attached to the operating knob at a distance from the first detection electrode portion and detects a second operation position on the operating knob based on capacitance, a control unit to control the device to be controlled in accordance with the operation position detected by the first detection electrode portion and the second detection electrode portion, and a water droplet adhesion suppressing portion to suppress water droplet adhesion between the first detection electrode portion and the second detection electrode portion.

The operating device for a vehicle is provided with a housing having a front wall. At least one operating element is arranged on the front wall and can be manually actuated starting from a rest position for the purpose of entering a command or activating a function. The operating element is associated with a switch having a switching member on which the operating key acts during manual operation. Furthermore, a support element is arranged in the housing at a distance from the operating element, on which support element the switch associated with the operating element is arranged, the support element having a bending bar with an upper side facing the operating element and a lower side facing away from the upper side, and the switch being arranged on the bending bar. Finally, the operating device is provided with an adjustment member acting on the bending bar for adjusting the bending position of the bending bar relative to the operating element in its resting position and for maintaining and thus stabilizing the bending bar in its adjusted bending position when the operating element acts on the switching member. The adjustment member comprises a threaded sleeve with an internal thread and a self-tapping adjustment screw with a threaded shaft, wherein the internal thread of the threaded sleeve and the external thread of the threaded shaft of the self-tapping adjustment screw have the same or substantially the same pitch.

A functional component having a button function includes a support component, a film, and an electrical switching element. The support component has a recess. The film covers the recess. The electrical switching element is situated below the recess and is actuatable by pressure being exerted on the film in the area above the recess. A ring-shaped or hollow cylindrical body is situated along an inner edge surface of the recess and is in contact with the film.