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US 6,805,475 B2Granted
Signaling wiring assembly for a vehicle
OwnerKenneth C. Whitmoreinventor
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Abstract
A wiring assembly that is electronically connected in line with the existing running board courtesy lamp system of, for example, a Ford Expedition, Ford Excursion, Ford King Ranch or Lincoln Navigator, which causes one or more lamps on the running board to flash when the turn signal of the vehicle is activated.
Claims9
A retrofitted light wiring assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- at least one running board provided on a side of said motor vehicle;
- an existing courtesy lamp system including lamps on the at least one running board of said motor vehicle;
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- a wiring assembly electrically connected to said courtesy lamp system comprising at least a first diode, a second diode, a male connector and a female connector, for electrically connecting a turn signal circuitry of said motor vehicle to the existing courtesy lamp system of said motor vehicle, such that at least one running board lamp of said existing courtesy lamp system flashes when the turn signal of the motor vehicle is activated.
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A retrofitted vehicle running board light assembly, comprising:
- a running board light assembly provided on a running board on a side of a vehicle, said running board light assembly comprising a part of an existing courtesy lamp system;
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- a wiring assembly detachably coupled to said running board light assembly, said wiring assembly connecting said running board light assembly to a turn signal circuitry of the vehicle such that at least one lamp of the running board light assembly flashes when the turn signal circuitry of the vehicle is activated, wherein said wiring assembly comprises a first diode connected and oriented so as to allow current from a courtesy lamp circuitry of said motor vehicle to pass through the wiring assembly to activate a running board lamp of the courtesy lamp circuitry without allowing a turn signal of said motor vehicle to pass back through the wiring assembly to the courtesy lamp circuitry to cause other lamps of the courtesy lamp circuitry to flash when the turn signal circuitry of the motor vehicle is activated.
A method of retrofitting an exiting courtesy lamp system of a motor vehicle, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one running board on a side of said motor vehicle;
- electrically connecting a running board signaling wiring assembly to the exiting courtesy lamp system and to a signaling circuitry of the motor vehicle such that at least one lamp on the at least one running board of the motor vehicle flashes when the signaling circuitry of the motor vehicle is activated;
- providing a first diode in said running board signaling wiring assembly which is connected and oriented so as to allow current from the courtesy lamp system of said motor vehicle to pass through the wiring assembly to activate the running board lamp of the courtesy lamp system without allowing a turn signal of said motor vehicle to pass through the wiring assembly to the courtesy lamp system to cause other lamps of the courtesy lamp circuitry to flash when the signaling circuitry of the motor vehicle is activated;
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- providing a second diode in said running board signaling wiring assembly which is connected and oriented so as to allow a rum signal from the signaling circuitry of the motor vehicle to pass through the wiring assembly to cause the running board lamp to flash when the signaling circuitry of the motor vehicle is activated without allowing current from the courtesy lamp system to flow back to the signaling circuitry of the motor vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.