Patent ID: 8198996

Claim:
An integrated turn signal activation system for use with a motor vehicle steering wheel having an annular ring, the integrated turn signal activation system comprising: a left actuator, the left actuator attached to the steering wheel annular ring between the 9 o'clock and 12 o'clock positions on the annular ring; a right actuator, the right actuator attached to the steering wheel annular ring between the 3 o'clock and 12 o'clock positions on the annular ring; a controller, the controller connected to the left and right actuators, the controller further connected to a left side exterior light and a right side exterior light, the left side and right side exterior lights being mounted on the motor vehicle exterior; wherein the left actuator and the right actuator do not overlap; wherein the controller activates the left actuator and the right actuator when the left and the right actuators are depressed simultaneously and held for a pre-set threshold time, thus providing an activated left actuator and an activated right actuator; wherein the left exterior light is energized when the activated left actuator is depressed; and wherein the right exterior light is energized when the activated right actuator is depressed.