Reset device for turn signal reset switch with trigger finger tensioned by a compression spring
US5861592A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 7, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 19, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60Q1/425
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A reset device for a blinker switch includes a pivoting reset element which is used which has two lateral arms on which opposing springs extending through the switch housing act. These springs both tension the reset element with respect to the steering spindle and produce a torque tending to restore the reset element to its middle setting. The problem of the invention is to do without the conventional draw springs. The invention solves this problem by means of a single compression spring acting on the reset element and providing both a force in the longitudinal direction of the reset element and the desired restoring torque.
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