Reset device for turn signal reset switch with trigger finger tensioned by a compression spring
AssigneeITT Automotive Europe GmbH
InventorsMartin Engelhardt, Martin Laich
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Abstract
A reset device for a blinker switch includes a pivoting reset element which is used which has two lateral arms on which opposing springs extending through the switch housing act. These springs both tension the reset element with respect to the steering spindle and produce a torque tending to restore the reset element to its middle setting. The problem of the invention is to do without the conventional draw springs. The invention solves this problem by means of a single compression spring acting on the reset element and providing both a force in the longitudinal direction of the reset element and the desired restoring torque.
Claims5
A reset device with a switching cutout for a turn signal reset switch for use in motor vehicles, wherein the turn signal reset switch is located in a housing, said reset device including an automatic reset into a middle setting which takes place by means of a trigger finger located on the switch, wherein said trigger finger extends in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to a steering spindle and, upon actuation of the switch, engages a cam located on the steering spindle and is pretensioned against the steering spindle by spring force;
- wherein said trigger finger cooperates with a switching element which is pivoted about an axis parallel to the steering spindle and is equipped with a catch element engaging in a catch contour, comprising:
- means for rotating said trigger finger wherein said rotating means is mounted so as to rotate in the housing of the switch an can be displaced therein in parallel to the longitudinal direction of the trigger finger, having a guide lug that extends into a groove in the housing, the groove extending in the longitudinal direction of the trigger finger and having a width,
- a spiral spring braced against the housing which acts in the longitudinal direction of the trigger finger on a contact surface of the guide lug and thus tensions the trigger finger, wherein the contact surface of the guide lug facing the spiral spring is a flat surface positioned vertical to the longitudinal direction of the trigger finger.
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