| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 200610270 | Turn indicator type switches | 12 |
| 20090014293 | PROCESSED BOLT END USEFUL IN A TURN SIGNAL SWITCH ASSEMBLY - A turn signal switch assembly is constructed having a switch stalk and junction box rotatably coupled using a shoulder bolt. The shoulder bolt has a shoulder area useful for allowing the switch stalk to rotate freely relative to the junction box. The threaded end of the shoulder bolt is turned and tightened into at least one corresponding threaded aperture in the junction box, thereby mechanically coupling the switch stalk to the junction box. The threaded end of the shoulder bolt also extends past a surface of the junction box so that the threaded end is exposed. The threaded end is mechanically transformed by an orbital riveting device so as to act as a positive locking feature. The shoulder bolt thereafter secures the switch stalk to the junction box using the mechanical advantages of a threaded connection in combination with the positive locking feature of a riveted connection. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090321229 | "TURN-SIGNAL SWITCH FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE WHICH HAS AN ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL" - A turn-signal switch for a motor vehicle, which has an adaptive cruise control, has, in addition to an OFF position and an ON position, at least one command position situated beyond the ON position, in which it outputs a command to the cruise control to modify the setpoint acceleration. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100219051 | Vehicle Turn Signal Device - A turn signal device for a vehicle for activating a turn signal in accordance with operation of an operation lever. The turn signal device includes a turning state detection unit, which detects a turning state of the vehicle. The turning state detection unit monitors a temporal change in the turning state of the vehicle after the turn signal is activated. The turning state detection unit deactivates the turning signal when detecting that the vehicle first turns in an activation direction of the turn signal, then turns in a direction opposite to the activation direction, and afterward turns again in the activation direction. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110127148 | TURNING DIRECTION INDICATOR DEVICE - A turning direction indicator device includes an actuator that rotates by an operation of an operating lever so as to be positioned at neutral and operational positions, a cover that has a lower surface having a guide groove therein extending in a rearward direction toward the cancel cam, a cam body that has an upper surface sliding with respect to the lower surface of the cover, an urging spring that urges the cam body in the rearward direction, a release element that rotates together with the actuator, and a grease provided between the upper surface of the cam body and the lower surface of the cover. The cam body includes ridges projecting from the upper surface of the cam body. The turning direction indicator device suppresses a hitting noise produced by the cam body and the release element with such a simple structure, and operates reliably. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110147176 | TURNING DIRECTION INDICATOR DEVICE - A turning direction indicator device includes an actuator that rotates by an operation of the operating lever, a cam body that shifts in a rearward direction approaching a cancel cam. The cam body is rotatable about a rotation axis, and shifts in the rearward direction when the actuator rotates. The cam body includes a rear wall surface opposite to the cancel cam. The rear wall surface has two end parts symmetrical to each other with respect to the longitudinal axis. A spring elastically contacts the end parts to urge the cam body in the rearward direction. The spring also urges the cam body in a rotating direction about the rotation axis when the longitudinal axis of the cam body rotates. The turning direction indicator device suppresses a hitting noise produced by the cam body and a release element with such a simple structure, and operates reliably. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20140339057 | RESETTING DEVICE FOR A STEERING-COLUMN SWITCH UNIT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a resetting device ( | 11-20-2014 |
| 200610280 | Gear shift lever mounted | 1 |
| 20090205936 | TURNING DIRECTION INDICATOR - A turning direction indicator controls the operation of a light source for turn signals and indicates a turning direction of the vehicle. A plurality of switch contacts are brought into electrical contact with each other, responsive to operation of an operating part. An angular velocity sensor detects an angular velocity of a vehicle turning, and outputs an angular velocity signal. A controller controls the output of a drive signal for causing operation of the light source, according to the electrical contact between the switch contacts and the angular velocity signal. The controller controls the output of the drive signal, according to the angular velocity signal, and a speed signal indicating a speed of the vehicle. The controller controls the output of the drive signal, according to the relation between the set threshold value and the angular velocity signal, and the relation between the angular velocity signal and the speed signal. | 08-20-2009 |
| 200610300 | Reset by completed turn | 5 |
| 20150075954 | TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR DEVICE - There is provided a turn signal indicator device that drives a turn signal indicators provided on a vehicle based on on/off states of a switch, and includes an operation state discrimination part that discriminates between first turn signal indication for lane change of the vehicle and second turn signal indication for course change of the vehicle based on on/off signals supplied from the switch. | 03-19-2015 |
| 200610340 | Controller moves reset dog into operative position | 3 |
| 20080202900 | TURN SIGNAL SWITCH DEVICE - A turn signal switch device capable of setting angles (release angles) in case a first lever member deviates from an outer peripheral face of a canceling projection and advances into a rotational locus at the time of right-turn operation and left-turn operation to the same angle is provided. A bent portion that is bent toward a rotational locus of a canceling projection is formed on the side of a free end of a first arm portion that protrudes linearly from a winding portion of a torsion coil spring, and when a distal end of a first lever member is dragged by the rotation of the canceling projection, and rotates in a direction away from the winding portion of the torsion coil spring, a resilient force is given to the first lever member from the bent portion of the first arm portion and a distal end on the side of the free end. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080230356 | MINIATURE ROTARY SWITCH - A single pole, double throw, self-canceling rotary switch for selectively coupling a first circuit to a second or a third circuit by rotating a rotary element to couple or decouple electrical contacts. The rotary switch includes first and second pawls pivotally attached to the rotary element and coupled to one another by a spring. Rotation of the rotary element causes a ramp cam to act on one of the pawls, causing it to pivot, and thereby causing the spring to exert a force on the other pawl, moving a tooth on the other pawl into the locus of rotation of a central shaft that includes a groove. Rotation of the central shaft in one direction has no effect on the position of the rotary element, but rotation of the central shaft in the other direction engages the groove and the tooth, causing the rotary element to decouple the contacts. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20130292234 | CANCEL CAM STRUCTURE AND ROTATABLE CONNECTOR DEVICE - A cam section includes a projection section projecting toward an enclosed space enclosed by an outer circumferential cam wall, an inner wall located radially inner to the outer circumferential cam wall, and a coupling cam wall for coupling ends of the outer circumferential cam wall and the inner wall. | 11-07-2013 |
| 200610350 | By movement of steering wheel or post relative to column | 1 |
| 20120217142 | TURN SIGNAL SWITCH DEVICE - A turn signal switch device includes an operation lever, a holding member configured to support a base portion of the operation lever and to be turnable together with the operation lever, a housing configured to support the holding member such that the holding member is turnable, a cancel lever provided in the housing and configured to be advanceable, retractable, and turnable along with the turning of the holding member, and a cam member provided in the housing and facing the base portion of the operation lever. The housing holds a third elastic member configured to elastically urge the cancel lever toward a turning locus of a cancel projection. The third elastic member is a coil spring. | 08-30-2012 |
