Patents Assigned to Viel Elettromeccanica S.p.A.
  • Patent number: 4352401
    Abstract: A motor-car control group includes two elongate control assemblies which project symmetrically from opposite sides of a cowling covering the steering column into zones immediately behind the steering wheel rim for ready finger-tip availability to the driver. Each assembly includes an end push-button switch and rings rotatable by means of a projecting fingerpiece or a knurled surface about a tubular support to control respective auxiliary electrical services, such as headlights or windscreen wipers, by cooperation of contacts on the rotatable rings with fixed contacts on respective adjacent fixed annuli. Instrument and indicator light assemblies may be mounted on the cowling leaving the dashboard free of obstruction, or the cowling and/or instrument assemblies may be integral with the dashboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1982
    Assignee: Viel Elettromeccanica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Massimo Vitaloni