Vehicle tire illumination system
OwnerRoger Olds, Marquis Burnettinventors
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Abstract
An illumination system periodically directs a short burst of bright light onto rotating indicia which makes the indicia appear to be stationary. The exact location of the indicia on the sidewall of the vehicle tire is determined by an emitter and sensor during each revolution of the tire, and a short burst of bright light is then directed onto the indicia which makes the indicia appear to be stationary and therefore discernable. Repeating design features of a vehicle wheel may also be sensed with an accompanying short burst of bright light which makes the wheel appear to be stationary.
Claims15
An illumination system for periodically directing a short burst of bright light and/or radiation onto rotating indicia, the system including an emitter and a sensor for detecting the presence and exact location of rotating indicia, and at least one light flashing unit for directing a short burst of bright light and/or radiation onto rotating indicia when the presence thereof is detected by the emitter and sensor.
An illumination system for periodically directing a short burst of bright light or radiation onto a wheel assembly, the system including a plurality of spaced apart sensor switch triggers positioned on the wheel assembly in a circular array, a stationary contact arm constructed and arranged to sense each sensor switch trigger as the triggers rotate past the arm, and at least one flashing unit for directing a short burst of bright light or radiation onto the wheel assembly each time the contact arm senses a switch trigger.
An assembly comprising an emitter for directing a beam onto rapidly moving indicia and a code therefor, a sensor for sensing the emitter beam when the beam hits the code, and a device selected from the group consisting of a strobe light, LED and radiation source for periodically illuminating the indicia when the emitter beams is sensed by the sensor, and wherein each illumination of the indicia is less than ½ second and the duration between the emitter beam being sensed and each illumination is less than ½ second.
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