Patent ID: 8134456

Claim:
A turn signal indicator apparatus for a motorcycle, said apparatus comprising: a hollow lamp case; a turn signal lamp disposed inside of the case; a stay member for attaching the case to a cylindrical front fork shaft of the motorcycle, the stay member comprising: an annular collar that fits around an outer circumference of the front fork shaft and has a slot formed therein, a bifurcated protruding flange integrally formed with the annular collar and extending outwardly thereon, the bifurcated protruding flange comprising a pair of adjacent plates separated by said slot, and having a through-hole formed therein for receiving a shaft of a fastener, and an arm portion that extends from the annular collar and is connected to the case, wherein the annular collar has a cord-housing groove formed in an outer portion thereof to receive a turn signal power cord, a fastener used to fasten and fix the annular collar to the front fork shaft by narrowing the slot formed in the annular collar; a turn signal power cord partially disposed in the cord-housing groove and electrically connected to the turn signal lamp; and a cover member that is fastened to the stay member by the fastener and that covers the portion of the turn signal power cord disposed in the cord-housing groove, the cover member extending from an area proximate the fastener to the arm portion of the stay member and having a shape corresponding to the outer shape of the annular collar; wherein the cord-housing groove is formed in an area of the annular collar extending from a base of the bifurcated protruding flange to an area of the arm portion in the back of the stay member; and wherein the cover member is configured to cover substantially all of the cord-housing groove from the back.