# US 4,395,603 A · Rear "stop" light contactor for a vehicle such as a motorcycle or motor bicycle

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- Number: US 4,395,603 A
- Document ID: US4395603A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/311,453
- Filed: 1981-10-14
- Granted: 1983-07-26
- Earliest claimed: 1980-10-14
- Assignees: Angenieux-CLB S. A.
- Inventors: Rene Lauzier
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4395603A

## CPC

- H01H 21/10: Casing of switch constituted by a handle serving a purpose other than the actuation of the switch
- B62J 6/045: indicating braking
- B62J 6/16: Arrangement of switches
- B62L 3/02: for control by a hand lever (hand levers for control of cycles in general B62K23/06)
- H01H 21/28: adapted for actuation at a limit or other predetermined position in the path of a body, the relative movement of switch and body being primarily for a purpose other than the actuation of the switch, e.g. door switch, limit switch, floor-levelling switch of a lift
- H01H 2009/068: {with switches mounted on a handlebar, e.g. for motorcycles, fork lift trucks, etc.}
- H01H: ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cables H01B7/10; electrolytic self-interrupters H01G9/18; emergency protective circuit arrangements H02H; switching by electronic means without contact-making H03K17/00)
- B62J: CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS
- B62L: BRAKES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES {(arrangements in cycles for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions B60T8/00)}

## Abstract

A handlebar brake for a motorcycle, motor bicycle or the like comprises a support for the brake lever which is biased into its rest position by a restoring spring. The restoring spring handles a hollow contactor body in recess of the support and this body contains a rocker which has a formation reaching through an opening in the body and spring biased for contact with the lever. When the lever is actuated, a movable contact on the rocker engages between stationary contact blades in the body to complete an electric circuit to the stop light.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A brake actuator and contactor assembly for a brake light energized upon brake actuation, comprising:
a support;
a brake lever pivotally mounted on said support, said support having a recess opened toward said lever; and
a contactor at least partly received in said recess, said contactor comprising:
a hollow body formed with at least one stationary contact within said body,
a rocker pivotally mounted in said body in a portion thereof extending into said recess and having a formation projecting from said body through an opening formed therein and engageable with said lever,
a spring in said body urging said rocker toward said lever, and
a movable contact on said rocker engageable with said stationary contact to energize the brake light upon actuation of said rocker by said spring to cause said formation to follow said lever.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The assembly defined in claim 1 comprising a restoring spring acting on said lever for swinging it into a rest position upon release of said lever to inactivate the brake, said body having a protuberance engaged by said restoring spring whereby said restoring spring retains said body in said recess.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The assembly defined in claim 1 wherein said movable contact is an insert of conductive material received in said rocker and said stationary contact comprises a pair of parallel conductive blades.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The assembly defined in claim 2 wherein said movable contact is an insert of conductive material received in said rocker and said stationary contact comprises a pair of parallel conductive blades.