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US 5,847,643 AGranted
Apparatus for indicating motor vehicle impact
OwnerWilliam B. Keithinventor
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Abstract
A honk strip comprising an electrical power source, electrical leads, electrically conducting members and an alarm. The honkstrip being useful for detecting vehicular impact with other objects and signaling a vehicle operator that an impact has occurred.
Claims17
An apparatus for indicating motor vehicle impact in combination with a motor vehicle comprising:
- first and second elastically deformable, electrically conducting members positioned in close proximity and substantially parallel to each other when applied to the body of a motor vehicle;
- an electrical power source in electrical communication with said first member;
- an alarm in electrical communication with said electrical power source and said second member;
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- said first member being movable from a first position in close proximity to said second member and leaving an open circuit between said power source and said alarm to a second position contacting said second member and placing said power source and said alarm in electrical communication thus causing said alarm to produce a discernible signal, said contacting position occurring when an external force is applied to either of said first or said second members, the elasticity of said first and second members causing said first member to return to said first position in close proximity to said second member when the external force is removed therefrom.
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An apparatus for indicating contact between a motor vehicle and another object comprising:
- a first and a second electrically conducting member;
- an electrical power source in electrical communication with said first member;
- an auditory or a visual response element in electrical communication with said electrical power source and said second member;
- said first and second members being positioned in a noncontacting first position in close proximity to each other leaving an open circuit between said power source and said response element, and a contacting position placing said power source and said response element in electrical communication thus causing said response element to produce a signal, said contacting position occurring when an external force is applied to either member;
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- said first and second members being comprised of adjacently parallel, elastically deformable metal strips
- and disposed in a flexible casing comprised of vehicle molding strips
- disposed on the outer periphery of a motor vehicle.
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Apparatus for indicating an impact when mounted on a motor vehicle comprising:
- first and second electrically conducting members mounted substantially parallel to each other on a motor vehicle;
- an electrical power source in electrical communication with said first member;
- an alarm in electrical communication with said second member and said electrical power source;
- said first member being movable from a first position in close proximity to said second member and leaving an open circuit between said power source and said alarm to a second contacting position contacting said second member and placing said power source and said alarm in electrical communication thus causing said alarm to produce a discernible signal, said contacting position occurring when an external force is applied to either of said first or said second members;
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- a resilient spacer between said first and second members for returning said first member to said first position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.