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 Indicator arrangement

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Inventors: Shannon, Brian;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Waring; Alvin H.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Ross, Ross & Flavin

An indicator arrangement comprising an indicator lamp on each side of a vehicle and selectively connectable to a power supply via a selector switch and a control circuit, the control circuit including a pulse generator capable of supplying pulses to the lamp(s) selected and a timer operative to de-activate the pulse generator after a pre-determined time.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What I claim is: 1.
An automatically self-cancelling indicator flasher arrangement for a vehicle comprising: indicator lamps on each side of a vehicle and connectable to a source of power by means of circuitry; said circuitry including in series, a single-pole changeover switch having a central neutral position and two alternative operative positions, and switching means, an oscillator connected to operate said switching means to allow a pulsed flow of current to said lamps when said oscillator is activated, a timer having an "on" period which commences when said timer is activated and which turns off said oscillator at the end of said "on" period; and an electronic switch which connects said oscillator and said timer to a power source, said electronic switch being caused to conduct by current flow therefrom to ground via said indicator lamps upon actuation of said changeover switch from its said central neutral position to either of its said operative positions, said timer and said oscillator being activated upon connection to said power source by conduction of said electronic switch, said switching means having values such that the potential difference developed across said switching means between said power source and said changeover switch during the period when said changeover switch is actuated from its said central neutral position to an operative position being sufficient to maintain said electronic switch in its conducting condition, and return of said changeover switch to its said central neutral position serving to cause said electronic switch to cease conducting thereby disconnecting said power source from said timer and said oscillator, and thus resetting said timer.
2.
An automatically self-cancelling indicator flasher arrangement for a vehicle as set forth in claim 1, wherein said electronic switch comprises a transistor and said switching means comprises series resistors connected between said transistor and said changeover switch and providing an aggregate resistance sufficient to prevent illumination of the lamps upon actuation of said changeover switch to either of its said operative positions, and a relay having a contact closable under the control of said oscillator to short circuit selected ones of said series resistors to permit sufficient voltage to flow to corresponding said lamps to illuminate them while leaving in circuit at least one said resistor to provide a sufficient voltage drop for said transistor to be kept on



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