Vehicle front alert system for use in a school bus
AssigneePedestrian Safety Solutions, LLC
InventorPaul L. Schaye
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Abstract
A visual alert assembly for use with a school bus having a rear shell seating one or more PC boards integrating illuminating elements. A forward facing outer perimeter mounting surface of the shell includes an adhesive adapted to mount the assembly to a glass associated with any of a forward windshield or rear window of the vehicle so that the illuminating elements are visible through the glass. Each of external power and control inputs extending through the rear shell and communicates with the PC boards for operating the illuminating elements according to any of intensity, color or pattern in response to a change in a travel condition of the vehicle.
Claims20
A visual alert assembly for use with a vehicle, comprising:
- a rear shell seating one or more PC boards integrating illuminating elements;
- a forward facing outer perimeter mounting surface of said shell including an adhesive adapted to mount said assembly to a glass associated with any of a forward windshield or rear window of the vehicle so that said illuminating elements are visible through the glass;
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- each of external power and control inputs extending through said rear shell and communicating with said PC boards for operating said illuminating elements according to any of intensity, color or pattern in response to a change in a travel condition of the vehicle.
A visual alert assembly for use with a vehicle, comprising:
- a body including a rear shell seating one or more PC boards integrating illuminating elements;
- said illuminating elements further including individual pluralities of light emitting diodes including any combination of colors extending across a length of said PC boards which are separately illuminated dependent upon the travel condition of the vehicle;
- a forward facing outer perimeter mounting surface of said shell including a two-sided adhesive adapted to mount said assembly to a glass associated with any of a forward windshield or rear window of the vehicle so that said illuminating elements are visible through the glass;
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- each of external power and control inputs extending from a location of the vehicle through said rear shell and communicating with said PC boards for operating said illuminating elements according to any of intensity, color or pattern in response to a change in a travel condition of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.