Interpretation ID: nht80-3.16

DATE: 07/10/80

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; F. Berndt; NHTSA

TO: Niles Parts Co., Ltd.

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT:

FMVSS INTERPRETATION JUL 10, 1980

NOA-30

Mr. Y. Koyama Chief of Technical Service Section Niles Parts Co-, Ltd. 4-9-16 Higashikojiya Ota-ku(44) Tokyo JAPAN Dear Mr. Koyama:

This responds to your letter of June 3, 1980, which was forwarded to this office for reply about the identification required by Standard No. 101-80 Controls and Displays, for the rear window defogger switch. This office never received a copy of your earlier letter.

Section 5.2.1 of the standard requires that "any hand operated control listed in column 1 of Table 1 that has a symbol designated in column 3 shall be identified by that symbol". Based on the drawing submitted with your letter, Niles has used the identifying symbol specified in Table 1 for the rear window defrosting and defogging system switch. As we understand your letter, the identification will include the full outline of the required symbol colored in orange. However, due to the injection moulding procedure used for the switch, "about 1 mmm of outline of the symbol will be less colored in orange. " In other words, that area of the outline will be colored a dimmer shade of orange than that used on the rest of the outline. This is permissible since the standard does not require, uniformity in the coloring of the required identification symbol.

If you have any additional questions, please let me know.

Sincerely,

Frank Berndt Chief Counsel

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Motor Vehicle Programs, 400 Seventh Street SW, Washington D. C. U. S.

Att: Mr. JOhn Carson Re: Symbol Mark on the Rear Defog Switch for Identification stipulated by FMVSS No. 101-80

Dear Sirs:

We wish to refer again to our letter dated April 10, 1980. We regret that we have not yet received your answer for this letter.

We herewith enclose once again the explanatory drawing.

Owing to Injection molding procedure of this product, in dark place, about 1 mm of outline of the symbol will be less colored in orange.

May we ask you whether the symbol mark will satisfy the require-ment of identification of FMVSS No. 101-80 or not.

Please let us have your answer by return, otherwise our engineer is too much nervous to proceed on his work further.

Thanking you for your good support and cooperation, we are.

Very truly yours,

NILES PARTS CO., LTD.,

Y. Koyama, Chief of Technical Service Section