Fluid injection system with illuminated fluid reservoir
OwnerAron David Dahlgren, Blaise D. Porterinventors
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Abstract
A fluid injection system includes an injector housing, a sleeve, and a lighting assembly. The sleeve is coupled to the injector housing and is configured to receive and secure a fluid reservoir. The lighting assembly is coupled to the injector housing. The lighting assembly includes a light source configured to illuminate an interior of the fluid reservoir by directing light emitted by the light source into the fluid reservoir.
Claims24
A fluid injection system comprising:
- an injector housing;
- a sleeve coupled to the injector housing, wherein the sleeve is configured to receive and secure a fluid reservoir;
- and
- a lighting assembly coupled to the injector housing, the lighting assembly including a light source configured to illuminate an interior of the fluid reservoir by directing light emitted by the light source into the fluid reservoir substantially parallel to a long axis of the fluid reservoir.
A method comprising:
- controlling, by one or more processors of a fluid injection system, a light source in a lighting assembly of the fluid injection system to illuminate an interior of a fluid reservoir by directing light emitted by the light source into the fluid reservoir substantially parallel to a long axis of the fluid reservoir, wherein the fluid reservoir is secured by a sleeve coupled to an injector housing of the fluid injection system;
- determining, by the one or more processors of the fluid injection system, an operating status of the fluid injection system;
- and
- setting, by the one or more processors, one or more characteristics of the light source to be indicative of the operating status of the fluid injection system.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a fluid injection system, cause the one or more processors to:
- control, by the one or more processors of the fluid injection system, a light source in a lighting assembly of the fluid injection system to illuminate an interior of a fluid reservoir secured by a sleeve coupled to an injector housing of the fluid injection system, wherein the light source emits the light substantially parallel to a long axis of the fluid reservoir;
- determine, by the one or more processors of the fluid injection system, an operating status of the fluid injection system;
- and
- set, by the one or more processors, one or more characteristics of the light source to be indicative of the operating status of the fluid injection system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.