Illumination – Supported by vehicle structure – Bicycle or motorcycle
Patent
1997-06-06
1998-10-13
Husar, Stephen F.
Illumination
Supported by vehicle structure
Bicycle or motorcycle
362226, 362540, B62J 600
Patent
active
058202544
ABSTRACT:
A system is provided for rapidly attaching and removing turn indicators from a motorcycle so that the cycle can be used either off-road or on highway. A base unit is permanently attached to the motorcycle in locations where turn indicators are normally placed. The base unit and the lamp unit cooperate to both connect the units structurally and electrically by employing a heel and shoe configuration. The heel of the base slides into a shoe, where mating electrical connections are made. The heel is then releasably locked into the shoe. Alternatively, the base unit has an inserting member, containing an electrical connector at its end opposite the attachment to the motorcycle. The inserting member is sized to fit into a receiving member of a separate lamp unit wherein the receiving member is located distally from an electric lamp of a stalked turn indicator. The receiving member contains a second electrical connector so that electrical connection between the lamp and the electrical system is made when the inserting member is inserted into the receiving member. This contact is maintained either by small studs protruding from the inserting member and interlocking with complementary grooves on an inner surface of the receiving member, or, in an alternative embodiment, by a threaded rotatable sleeve disposed about the inserting member for interacting with complementary threads on the receiving member. In either case the lamp unit can be rapidly removed from or positively locked into operational position on a motorcycle.
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