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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2012
Ken Kosaka, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Ken Kosaka, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A turn signal switch device includes an operation lever, a holding member configured to support a base portion of the operation lever and to be turnable together with the operation lever, a housing configured to support the holding member such that the holding member is turnable, a cancel lever provided in the housing and configured to be advanceable, retractable, and turnable along with the turning of the holding member, and a cam member provided in the housing and facing the base portion of the operation lever. The housing holds a third elastic member configured to elastically urge the cancel lever toward a turning locus of a cancel projection. The third elastic member is a coil spring.