GB694202A - Improvements relating to mechanism for controlling direction indicators on motor vehicles - Google Patents

Improvements relating to mechanism for controlling direction indicators on motor vehicles

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Publication number
GB694202A
GB694202A GB2995350A GB2995350A GB694202A GB 694202 A GB694202 A GB 694202A GB 2995350 A GB2995350 A GB 2995350A GB 2995350 A GB2995350 A GB 2995350A GB 694202 A GB694202 A GB 694202A
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Prior art keywords
steering wheel
lever
switch
plunger
groove
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GB2995350A
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Gerald Marley Palmer
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Riley Motors Ltd
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Riley Motors Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/26—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
    • B60Q1/34—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating change of drive direction
    • B60Q1/40—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating change of drive direction having mechanical, electric or electronic automatic return to inoperative position
    • B60Q1/42—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating change of drive direction having mechanical, electric or electronic automatic return to inoperative position having mechanical automatic return to inoperative position due to steering-wheel position, e.g. with roller wheel control
    • B60Q1/425—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating change of drive direction having mechanical, electric or electronic automatic return to inoperative position having mechanical automatic return to inoperative position due to steering-wheel position, e.g. with roller wheel control using a latching element for resetting a switching element

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Abstract

694,202. Road-traffic signals on vehicles. RILEY MOTORS. Ltd. Dec. 4, 1951 [Dec. 7, 1950], No. 29953/50. Class 118 (ii). The actuating lever 7 for operating a vehicle direction indicator electric switch 1 mounted in the steering wheel boss 2 is normally latched to move rigidly with the steering wheel and independentfy of the switch 1 and hence may be made long enough to be operated from the rim of the wheel without danger of trapping the driver's fingers between, the lever 7 and steering wheel spokes 9, means being provided to unlatch the lever 7 for limited movement with respect to the steering wheel, said movement establishing a driving connection to operate switch 1. The switch 1 accommodated within the hollow boss 2 of the steering wheel by mounting on the static tube 3 of the steering column assembly is of known type adapted to be automatically restored by the return movement of the steering wheel on completion of a turn. Instead of a finger lever, however, the operating spindle 4 carries a driving disc 5 which has notches 6 around its periphery and is frictionally pre-loaded by a blade spring 5a so that it slips at a .given applied torque. The actuating lever 7, which extends over the greater part of the inner radius of the steering wheel, has an annular hub-like part 13 mounted rotatably on a supporting cover 8 fixed above the centre of the steering wheel. The lever .7 can be rotated to each side of a central neutral position to an extent limited by stops provided in the cover 8, Fig. 3 (not shown). A plunger 11, radially slidable in a slot 12 in the member 13, is normally held out of engagement with the notches 6 by a circular spring clip 14 which is located in a groove in the member 13 and which engages a recess 16 in the plunger 11 so as to force the outer end of the latter into a co-operating groove 17 provided in the steering wheel boss 2. Consequently the spring-loaded plunger 11 normally latches the lever 7 to the steering wheel, but when lever 7 is rotated to one side of its neutral position the plunger 11 is forced out of the groove 17 and engages the notches 6 to turn the driving disc 5 and operate the switch 1. Subsequent turning of the steering wheel in the same direction permits the plunger 11 to reenter the groove 17 and the lever 7 is again latched to the steering wheel and disengaged from the disc 5. Automatic cancellation of the signal is effected by the return movement of the steering wheel in the usual manner provided for by the construction of the standard switch 1. In the preferred arrangement the member 7 also acts like a horn-ring and is displaceable against the action of a control spring 18 to close contacts 19 and 20 in the circuit of an electrical audible warning system.
GB2995350A 1950-12-07 1950-12-07 Improvements relating to mechanism for controlling direction indicators on motor vehicles Expired GB694202A (en)

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1440864A1 (en) * 2001-10-30 2004-07-28 Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho Car-mounted device control system

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1440864A1 (en) * 2001-10-30 2004-07-28 Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho Car-mounted device control system
EP1440864A4 (en) * 2001-10-30 2005-02-02 Tokai Rika Co Ltd Car-mounted device control system
US7177741B2 (en) 2001-10-30 2007-02-13 Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho Car-mounted device control system

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