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Combination turn-signal and hazard-warning system

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1. A combined turn-signal and hazard-warning signal system for a vehicle having right and left indicator lights, comprising: stationary housing means; actuating means movably mounted on said housing means, said actuating means including a movable actuating member normally maintained in a neutral position and being movable into first and second actuating positions disposed on substantially opposite sides of said neutral position; holder means mounted on said housing means for movement in a first direction between a turn-signal position and a hazardwarning position; first movable contact means mounted on said holder means for movement therewith in said first direction; second movable contact means movably mounted on said housing means for movement in a plane substantially transverse to said first direction, said second movable contact means being disposed for actuation and movement into first and second operative positions by said actuating member when same is moved into said first and second actuating positions, respectively; stationary contact means mounted on said housing means and disposed for coaction with said first and second movable contact means for controlling energization of the right and left indicator lights; first circuitry means for permitting flashing of a selected one of said right and left indicator lights, said first circuitry means causing flashing of only said left indicator lights when said second movable contact means is in said second operative position and said holder means is in said turn-signal position, said first circuitry means including cooperating contacts on said second movable contact means and said stationary contact means and further cooperating contacts on said stationary contact means and said first movable contact means; second circuitry means connected to both said right and left indicator lights for permitting flashing of both said right and left indicator lights when said hOlder means is in said hazardwarning position, said second circuitry means including cooperating contacts coacting between said first movable contact means and said stationary contact means for causing energization and flashing of both said right and left indicator lights; said stationary contact means including an insulator plate fixedly secured to said housing means and positioned between said first and second movable contact means, said stationary contact means including a first plurality of stationary contacts disposed adjacent one side of said insulator plate and a second plurality of stationary contacts disposed adjacent the other side of said insulator plate, at least some of said first plurality of stationary contacts being conductively interconnected to at least some of the contacts of said second plurality of stationary contacts, and said first and second plurality of stationary contacts being disposed for engagement with said first and second movable contact means, respectively; said second plurality of stationary contacts including first, second and third stationary contacts disposed for coaction with said second movable contact means, said second movable contact means including a conductive element having a first portion thereof disposed in continuous engagement with said first stationary contact and having second and third movable portions positioned for alternate engagement with said second and third stationary contacts, respectively, said second and third stationary contacts being connected to the right and left indicator lights respectively; said first plurality of stationary contacts including fourth, fifth and sixth stationary contacts conductively connected to said first, second and third stationary contacts, respectively; and said first movable contact means including a first movable contact disposed for engagement with said fourth stationary contact only when said holder means is in said turn-signal position, and said first movable contact means including second and third movable contacts disposed for engagement with the fifth and sixth stationary contacts only when said holder means is in said hazard-warning position.
2. A system according to claim 1, wherein said first movable contact means includes a conductive element having said first, second and third movable contacts disposed thereon in a triangular arrangement, and said fourth, fifth and sixth stationary contacts being disposed in a straight row substantially parallel to one side of the triangular arrangement, and said first plurality of stationary contacts including seventh and eighth stationary contacts adapted to be connected to a potential source and disposed for engagement with said conductive element when the latter is in the turn-signal and hazard-warning positions, respectively.
3. A system according to claim 1, wherein said first movable contact means includes first, second, and third conductive elements, said second and third conductive elements being of triangular shape and being disposed on opposite sides of said first conductive element, and said first movable contact being fixedly secured to said first conductive element; said first plurality of stationary contacts further including seventh and eighth stationary contacts connected to a potential source and positioned respectively for engagement with said second and third conductive elements only when said holder means is in said hazard-warning position, said second conductive element causing a bridging between said seventh and said fifth stationary contacts and said third conductive means causing a bridging between said eighth and said sixth stationary contacts; and said first plurality of stationary contacts further including a ninth stationary contact connected to a potential source and disposed for engagement with said first conductive element only when said holder means is in the turn-signal position, whereby said first conductive element causes a bridging between said fourth and said ninth statiOnary contacts.
4. A system according to claim 1, wherein said conductive element is mounted for pivotal movement within a plane substantially transverse to said first direction, said conductive element being pivotally engaged substantially at its midpoint with said first stationary contact, and said conductive element having the opposite free ends thereof normally spaced from and disposed out of engagement with said second and third stationary contacts, whereby movement of said actuating member to said first or second actuating positions causes one of the free ends of said conductive element to be moved into conductive engagement with one of said second and third stationary contacts.
5. A combined turn-signal and hazard warning signal system for a vehicle having right and left indicator lights, comprising: stationary housing means; actuating means movably mounted on said housing means, said actuating means including a movable actuating member normally maintained in a neutral position and being movable into first and second actuating positions disposed on substantially opposite sides of said neutral position; holder means mounted on said housing means for movement in a first direction between a turn-signal position and a hazard-warning position; first movable contact means mounted on said holder means for movement therewith in said first direction; second movable contact means movably mounted on said housing means for movement in a plane substantially transverse to said first direction, said second movable contact means being disposed for actuation and movement into first and second operative positions by said actuating member when same is moved into said first and second actuating positions respectively, and said actuating member being movable in a second direction which is substantially parallel to said plane; stationary contact means mounted on said housing means and disposed for coaction with said first and second movable contact means for controlling energization of the right and left indicator lights; first circuitry means for permitting flashing of a selected one of said right and left indicator lights, said first circuitry means causing flashing of only said right indicator lights when said second movable contact means is in said first operative position and said holder means is in said turn-signal position, said first circuitry means also causing energization and flashing of only said left indicator lights when said second movable contact means is in said second operative position and said holder means is in said turn-signal position, said first circuitry means including cooperating contacts on said second movable contact means and said stationary contact means and further cooperating contacts on said stationary contact means and said first movable contact means; second circuitry means connected to both said right and left indicator lights for permitting flashing of both said right and left indicator lights when said holder means is in said hazard-warning position irrespective of the position of said second movable contact means and said actuating means, said second circuitry means including cooperating contacts coacting between said first movable contact means and said stationary contact means for causing energization and flashing of both said right and left indicator lights; and said second movable contact means including first and second elongated conductive elements mounted for pivotal movement within said plane, each of said conductive elements having a contact adjacent the free end thereof disposed for engagement with said stationary contact means, the contacts on said first and second conductive elements being disposed for closing said first circuitry means when said actuating member is moved to said first and second actuating positions, respectively.
6. A system according to claim 5, wherein the first and second elongated conductive elements of said second movable contact means are fixedly connected and cOmprise an elongated conductive member mounted for pivotal movement substantially about the mid-point thereof, said conductive member having first and second contacts disposed adjacent the opposite free ends thereof and positioned for engagement with corresponding contacts on said stationary contact means for causing energization and flashing of said right and left indicator lights, respectively, when the actuator member is moved into said first and second actuating positions, respectively.
7. A combined turn-signal and hazard-warning signal system for a vehicle having right and left indicator lights, comprising: stationary housing means; actuating means movably mounted on said housing means, said actuating means including a movable actuating member normally maintained in a neutral position and being movable into first and second actuating positions disposed on substantially opposite sides of said neutral position; holder means mounted on said housing means for movement in a first direction between a turn-signal position and a hazard-warning position; first movable contact means mounted on said holder means for movement therewith in said first direction; second movable contact means movably mounted on said housing means for movement in a plane substantially perpendicular to said first direction, said second movable contact means being disposed for actuation and movement into first and second operative positions by said actuating member when same is moved into said first and second actuating positions, respectively; stationary contact means mounted on said housing means and disposed for coaction with said first and second movable contact means for controlling energization of the right and left indicator lights; first circuitry means for permitting flashing of a selected one of said right and left indicator lights, said first circuitry means causing flashing of only said right indicator lights when said second movable contact means is in said first operative position and said holder means is in said turn-signal position, said first circuitry means also causing energization and flashing of only said left indicator lights when said second movable contact means is in said second operative position and said holder means is in said turn-signal position, said first circuitry means including a turn-signal flasher unit connected to a potential source and a first contact connected to said turn-signal flasher unit, said first contact being mounted on said stationary contact means and disposed for engagement with a further contact on said first movable contact means when said holder means is in said turn-signal position, whereby movement of said second contact means causes flashing of the right or left indicator lights, said first contact being open when said holder means is in said hazard-warning position; and second circuitry means connected to both said right and left indicator lights for permitting flashing of both said right and left indicator lights when said holder means is in said hazard-warning position, said second circuitry means including a hazard-warning flasher unit connected to said potential source and a second contact connected to said hazard-warning flasher unit, said second contact being mounted on said stationary contact means and disposed for engagement with a further contact on said first movable contact means when said holder means is in said hazard-warning position to thus cause flashing of both left and right indicator lights, said second contact being open when said holder means is in said turn-signal position.
8. A system according to claim 7, wherein said second circuitry means causes energization and flashing of both said right and left indicator lights when said holder means is in said hazard-warning position irrespective of the position of said second movable contact means and said actuating means.
9. A system according to claim 8, wherein said actuating member is movable in a second direction which is substaNtially parallel to said plane.
10. A system according to claim 7, wherein said stationary contact means includes an insulator plate fixedly secured to said housing means and positioned between said first and second movable contact means, said stationary contact means including a first plurality of stationary contacts disposed adjacent one side of said insulator plate and a second plurality of stationary contacts disposed adjacent the other side of said insulator plate, at least some of said first plurality of stationary contacts being conductively interconnected to at least some of the contacts of said second plurality of stationary contacts, and said first and second plurality of stationary contacts being disposed for engagement with said first and second movable contact means, respectively.
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