Patent · US Active

Visual front alert system

US12097800B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
12References
14Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 30, 2023
Grant dateSep 24, 2024
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 8, 2043

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF21V23/003
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A visual front alert system attached to a vehicle windshield for instructing observers as to movement of the vehicle. A strip shaped body incorporates a plurality of illuminating elements communicating with a PCBA. An accelerometer connected to the PCBA, with a power supply operating the accelerometer and PCBA. In response to a determined acceleration of the structure, the accelerometer inputting a signal to the PCBA representative of the vehicle movement and the PCBA in turn providing an output signal causing illuminating elements to generate a visual output corresponding to said input signal. The visual output further includes a first output representative of a steady or accelerating motion of the vehicle and a second output further representative of a decelerating or braking condition of the vehicle.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.