Communications: electrical – Land vehicle alarms or indicators – External signal light system
Patent
1996-03-20
1998-04-14
Hofsass, Jeffery
Communications: electrical
Land vehicle alarms or indicators
External signal light system
340471, 200 6127, 200 6134, 200 6154, H01H 316
Patent
active
057397511
ABSTRACT:
A control mechanism for controlling hazard warning and turn indicator lamps in a vehicle is combined with a control lever in the vicinity of a steering wheel for easy operation. When the control lever is angularly displaced in a first direction, an elevator (displacing member) is displaced in a corresponding direction. At this time, a movable contact is also displaced into contact with hazard warning fixed contacts, turning on a hazard switch to energize turn signal lamps in a hazard warning state. When the control lever is displaced in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction while in the hazard warning state, a turn switch is turned on, thereby electrically canceling the hazard warning state. The hazard warning state is thus automatically canceled upon switching from the hazard warning state to a direction indicating state.
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Horie Mitsuo
Ishida Yoshimitsu
Ishiguro Kazunari
Ishihara Dai
Nagatome Katsufumi
Hofsass Jeffery
Toyo Denso Kabushiki Kaisha
Woods Davetta
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