The invention relates to an electrical switch, in particular for a motor vehicle, such as for an electric parking brake in the motor vehicle, having a movable operating member, in particular in the manner of a rocker, and a contact system, such that the operating member interacts with the contact system in a switching manner. The operating member interacts via an operating element, which is loaded with an elastic force, with a slotted link for generating a resetting force during the movement of the operating member out of an inoperative position. A further slotted switching link is provided. The operating member has a further operating element in such a manner that each of the two operating elements interacts with one slotted switching link each.

An operation panel includes a touch position sensor configured to output an electrical signal corresponding to a contact area between a finger of a user and a switch and a controller to which an electrical signal is input from the touch position sensor. The controller is configured to: determine that the finger of the user and the touch position sensor are in contact with each other when the calculation value calculated based on the electrical signal input from the touch position sensor exceeds the preset first threshold value, and set, based on the calculation value, the second threshold value larger than the first threshold value in accordance with a magnitude of the calculation value; and determine that the touch position sensor is in the operation state of being operated when the calculation value exceeds the second threshold value.

An embodiment door control method for a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes a switch for opening or closing a door of the vehicle, includes receiving a first close input of the door of the vehicle from the switch, determining whether a keep-open mode of the door is in an ON state or an OFF state, wherein the keep-open mode is determined based on a user input, and controlling opening or closing of the door based on the ON state or the OFF state of the keep-open mode.

A vehicle and a running board device for the vehicle are provided. The vehicle includes: a vehicle body; a vehicle door; a running board mounted to the vehicle body and movable between an extended position and a retracted position; an actuator connected to the running board; a magnet mounted to the vehicle door; a magnetic induction element mounted to the vehicle body and that cooperates with the magnet so as to be triggered to generate a door-opening signal and a door-closing signal; a signal transmission line having a first end of the signal transmission line connected with the magnetic induction element; and a controller mounted to the vehicle body and connected with a second end of the signal transmission line and the actuator, so as to actuate the running board to move between the extended position and the retracted position according to the door-opening signal and the door-closing signal.

A trunk switch module for a vehicle includes: a housing, of which a rear side is partially inserted into a trunk lid of the vehicle, having a mounting space at a front side of the housing; a trunk switch disposed in the mounting space to selectively open the trunk lid according to an operation of a user; a cover assembly attached to a front edge of the housing to close the opened front side of the housing, the cover assembly having a button sealing unit which corresponds to the trunk switch; a protection film attached to the front surface of the cover assembly; and an emblem mounted on the cover assembly at a front side of the protection film.

A vehicle powertrain has a power inverter that includes a load switch with a main emitter and a current mirror emitter, a variable resistor coupled between the current mirror emitter and the main emitter, and a controller. The controller may be configured to adjust a gate voltage based on a voltage across the variable resistor, and responsive to the gate voltage exceeding a Miller plateau gate voltage, increase a variable resistor resistance such that feedback increases as the load switch saturates.

A switching circuit includes: an input/output terminal section including four SW terminals; lines connecting between these terminals; switches disposed in paths of the respective lines; and diodes disposed in the paths of the respective lines. The switches are single-pole switches. The diodes are connected to normally closed terminals of the switches, respectively.

A paddle switch system comprises a housing, a paddle having a pivot member pivotally disposed in the housing for operating an electrical switch within the housing in response to a force on the paddle, a cover coupled to the housing wherein the housing and the cover partially enclose the paddle, and a vibration reduction mechanism disposed in the housing proximate the pivot member of the paddle. The electrical switch comprises a dome switch and the paddle is disposed in the housing to partially preload the dome switch.

A steering apparatus for a vehicle includes a steering wheel, a plurality of electrical components provided in the steering wheel, a plurality of electrical contacts for supplying power to the electrical components or outputting signals from the electrical components to an external portion, and a switching device which switches, when the plurality of electrical components are commonly connected to any one of the plurality of electrical contacts, connection destinations connected to the one electrical contact among the plurality of electrical components.

A method for managing host vehicle functions includes receiving a first input to a human-machine interface (HMI) controller having an adjustable haptic feedback mechanism and an access interface, presenting an application access interface having a plurality of selectable applications, receiving a second input selecting one of the plurality of selectable applications, presenting an application management interface having a plurality of selectable functions, receiving a third input indicating a selected function of the plurality of functions, presenting information related to the selected function, actively adjusting the haptic feedback mechanism in the HMI controller based on the selected function within the selected application, and receiving a fourth input selecting a setting within the selected function.