Turn signal switch device for automatically restoring operating lever from operating position to neutral position
US6677543B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 17, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jan 13, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 17, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60Q1/425
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The turn signal switch device is provided with: a housing; an operating lever rotatably supported by the housing; a first cancel lever which is rotated by abutting a cancel protrusion on a steering wheel side; and a second cancel lever rotatable in interlock with the first cancel lever, wherein a protrusion shaft or an elongated hole of the second cancel lever is inserted in an elongated hole or the protrusion shaft provided in a bottom plate of the housing, and wherein in order that both ends may be exposed in the elongated hole, the protrusion shaft is caught between both ends of the second spring mounted to the bottom plate or the second cancel lever to be held at a central position of the elongated hole.
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