Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Miyamaru Yukio

Kaoru Hatanaka

Shigeo Kawada

Yasuo Shibata

A turn signal cancelling apparatus for a vehicle having a handlebar and a blinker unit which is operable to be activated by a manual operation and is operable to be deactivated by a cancelling signal. The apparatus comprises a handlebar turning angle detecting arrangement which detects the turning angle of the handlebar and provides a signal when the return angle of the handlebar exceeds a specified degree following turning operation of the vehicle, at least one of a time measuring arrangement which measures the time which elapses after the blinker unit has been activated and provides a signal when the specified time has elapsed, and a distance measuring arrangement which measure the travel distance of the vehicle after the blinker unit has been activated and provides a signal when the specified travel distance has been exceeded, and an output arrangement which provides the turn signal cancelling signal in response to at least one of the aforesaid signals, thereby providing an appropriate timing for automatically cancelling the turn signal of the vehicle.

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Tokyo, Japan

Miyamaru Yukio