Patent ID: 7425890
Filing Date: 2008-09-16
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. A direction indicator arranged in an articulated type vehicle provided with a front vehicle body and a rear vehicle body which are articulated with each other, the direction indicator comprising: a turn signal switch making a turn signal lamp flash; a vehicle body bend detector detecting a vehicle body bending angle formed by the front vehicle body and the rear vehicle body; and a turn signal controller executing a control on the basis of a steering angle of the vehicle, the steering angle detected by a detection signal from the vehicle body bend detector, wherein the control by the turn signal controller on the basis of the steering angle is executed so as to automatically turn off the flashing turn signal lamp in a case that the steering angle of the vehicle becomes equal to or more than a predetermined first steering angle and thereafter becomes equal to or less than a predetermined second steering angle smaller than the first steering angle.