Patent ID: 6559395
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
A canceling device for a blinker switch in a motor vehicle, the canceling device disposed in a vicinity of a steering shaft to effect automatic canceling of the blinker switch from one of two switched positions into a neutral control position when actuated by a steering shaft cam cooperating with the steering shaft, the device comprising:a casing defining catch profiles, said casing having a rear opening; a switching piece disposed in the casing for pivoting about an axis which is substantially parallel to an axis of the steering shaft, said switching piece having catch elements engaging in said catch profiles of said casing; a movable trigger finger cooperating with said switching piece, said trigger finger projecting through said rear opening into a circular path of the steering shaft cam in switched positions; and a leaf spring supported on said casing and engaging said trigger finger to bias said trigger finger towards the steering shaft, said leaf spring curving from an upper front section of said casing towards said rear opening to engage a surface portion of said trigger finger facing away from said rear opening, said leaf spring looping back from said surface portion towards a lower front section of said casing.