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Abstract

This invention is an electric switch, in particular, a turn-signal switch for motor vehicles for indicating a change of direction of a lane change. In this switch, a carrier mounted in a housing is movable out of a central position into opposite directions preferably by a switch lever which is swivellable about an axis of rotation fixed on the housing. A switch of this kind must be compact and equipped with so-called click elements as movable contacts. This is achieved in that a first snap contact bar is swivellably mounted on an outer end closely to one side wall of the switch housing and has a catch on its inner end. A touch slide acts upon the snap contact bar wherein, after a swivelling motion of the carrier out of the central position, a first stationary contact may be acted upon by the snap contact bar and wherein a second contact bar, a second touch slide and a second stationary contact are arranged symmetrically to the first snap contact bar, the first touch slide and the first stationary contact relative to the central position of the carrier.

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First Claim