Patent Application
20230219416
A common complaint from many drivers refers to other drivers who change lanes, or who turn left or right, and do not signal as a precaution notice. Drivers who do not use their turn signals correctly, or at all, are a great danger to others on the road and increase the likelihood of vehicle collisions. Such drivers often credit their lack of signaling to inconvenience, laziness, and the time it takes to do so. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem.
An apparatus to simplify the process of using the blinker turn signals in a vehicle. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem either.
There exists a need for system such as the Blinker Steering Wheel that is not being met by any known or disclosed device or system of present.
The main purpose of the Blinker Steering Wheel Buttons is to provide an accessory with an immediate control option for blinkers, on steering wheels, to foster consistent use.
A steering wheel for a vehicle as disclosed includes a left button for a left turn signal on the steering wheel and a right button for right turn signal on the steering wheel. The disclosure also includes a programmable logic configured to activate the left turn signal automatically based on a predetermined left rotation of the steering wheel and configured to activate the right turn signal based on a predetermined right rotation of the steering wheel in relation to a zero rotation of the steering wheel for a straight travel of the vehicle.
Throughout the description, similar reference numbers may be used to identify similar elements depicted in multiple embodiments. Although specific embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated, the invention is not to be limited to the specific forms or arrangements of parts so described and illustrated. The scope of the invention is to be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents.
Reference will now be made to exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used herein to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is thereby intended. Alterations and further modifications of the inventive features illustrated herein and additional applications of the principles of the inventions as illustrated herein, which would occur to one skilled in the relevant art and having possession of this disclosure, are to be considered within the scope of the invention.
The present disclosed Blinker Steering Wheel Buttons , also known as “The Blinker Button”, offers a modem accessory that provides users with an accessible and simple means of activating their turn signals in an attempt to increase the likelihood of drivers using them on the road. Expanding on the initial design of an average steering wheel, The Blinker Button introduces two novel buttons possessing a light feature, located on each corresponding side of the steering wheel. The user simply presses the button located on either the left or right side to activate the turn signal for that direction while the light serves to affirm the selection is made. After the turn is completed, it will automatically turn off. As a result, driers may be willing, motivated and inclined to user their turn signals, considering it would become effortless to perform the act. The Blinker button makes using turn signals more convenient, which may reduce the number of individuals who do not user their turn signals, and therefore allows for an overall safer driving experience for both the driver and others on the road as well as passengers within a moving car and pedestrian in the street.
Although the operations of the method(s) herein are shown and described in a particular order, the order of the operations of each method may be altered so that certain operations may be performed in an inverse order or so that certain operations may be performed, at least in part, concurrently with other operations. In another embodiment, instructions or sub-operations of distinct operations may be implemented in an intermittent and/or alternating manner.
