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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1989
Soetsu Kamada, Furukawa, JP;
Shinji Sasaki, Minamikata, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic canceling device for a winker system of an automobile that can effectively reduce the size of the solenoid incorporated and hence the overall size as well as the manufacturing cost of the device is provided. Such an automatic canceling device comprises a case, a winker operating lever pivotably fitted to the case, an expandable engaging section connected to the lever by way of a compression spring, a locking cam unit provided within the case and engaged with the engaging section to hold the lever in a neutral, left or right position, a releasing member provided in abutment with a cam provided on the lever to return the lever to its unlocked position and a solenoid to be energized by a release signal to activate the releasing member.