US 6,660,951 B2Granted

Canceling structure of combination switch

AssigneeNiles Parts Co., Ltd.

InventorNorio Uchiyama

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Abstract

A canceling structure of a combination switch is disclosed, which ensures the returning moment of a cancel cam without increasing the size of a spring. A cancel cam 20 placed on a swing block that can be rotated with a control lever includes pressure contact surfaces 22 on a plane passing through the shaft center of an upper shaft 9b, and the upper shaft 9b is guided along a long hole 9b of a cover. An elastic contact material 30 has pressure surfaces 32 to be brought into contact with the pressure contact surfaces of the cancel cam, and is biased toward the cancel cam along a guide 6d by a coil spring 11 inserted into a blind hole 12b. The pressure surfaces 32 have a shaft-escaping recessed portion 34 forming a predetermined gap between them and the upper shaft 9b when brought into contact with the pressure contact surfaces of the cancel cam. Since the pressure contact surfaces pass through the rotating shaft center, the angel from the shaft center to a contact point with the pressure surface 32, thereby increasing a returning moment by the pressure of the elastic contact material. Also, since the elastic contact material is long, the movement along the guide becomes smooth.

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Dependent claims

A canceling structure of a combination switch rotatably holding a swing block for supporting a control lever on a fixing side, in which when the control lever is rotated from a neutral position, a cancel cam moves into the path of a cancel pin with the rotation of the swing block, and the cancel cam biases the swing block with the movement of the cancel pin in the opposite direction from the operating direction of the control lever, thereby returning the control lever to the neutral position, wherein:

said cancel cam comprises a shaft to be guided by a long hole provided on the fixing side in parallel with the direction to move into the path of said cancel pin;
pressure contact surfaces are provided at positions on the peripheral surface of the shaft, closer to a steering shaft than to said control lever;
and when said cancel pin moves in the same direction as the operating direction of the control lever, the end thereof is pushed by the cancel pin, and allowed to rotate around said shaft;
an elastic contact material having pressure surfaces that can be brought into contact with said pressure contact surfaces of the cancel cam is biased along a guide in the moving direction of said cancel cam;
and
when the cancel cam rotates, the side end of said pressure contact surface is pushed by said pressure surface of the elastic contact material, and when released from the cancel pin, the cancel pin returns to a position before rotation by the pressure from the elastic contact material.

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