US 9,315,149 B1 · Non-alarming audible alerting device for automobiles

Abstract

A non-alarming audible alerting device is an apparatus that is utilized to deliver a non-alarming audible alert to a pedestrian, bicyclist, or motorist in the vicinity of the user's vehicle. The device features a sound module and an at least one speaker that, once activated by the user, outputs an audible alert to the pedestrian, bicyclist, or motorist notifying the targeted person of the approach of the user's vehicle in a non-alarming manner. The audible alert may be customized by the user by connecting the alerting device to an external computing device through a data port found on the device. A license plate may be attached to a license plate attachment region found on the device and the device may be mounted to a vehicle by inserting fasteners through an at least one set of mounting holes aligned with existing license plate mounting holes on the vehicle.

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Dependent claims

A non-alarming audible alerting device for automobiles comprises:

a housing structure;
a power compartment;
a sound module;
at least one speaker;
a data port;
the housing structure comprises an outer surface and an inner surface;
the sound module comprises a printed circuit board (PCB), a data storage device, a control unit, and a receiver;
the power compartment being enclosed within the housing structure;
the sound module being enclosed within the housing structure;
the at least one speaker, the data storage device, the control unit, and the receiver being electronically connected to each other through the PCB;
the at least one speaker being mounted into the housing structure;
the at least one speaker being coincident with the outer surface;
the data port traversing into the power compartment;
and
the data port being electronically connected to the data storage device through the PCB.

12 more elements

A non-alarming audible alerting device for automobiles comprises:

a housing structure;
a power compartment;
a sound module;
at least one speaker;
a data port;
a power source;
the housing structure comprises an outer surface and an inner surface;
the sound module comprises a printed circuit board (PCB), a data storage device, a control unit, and a receiver;
the outer surface comprises a license plate attachment region;
the power compartment being enclosed within the housing structure;
the sound module being enclosed within the housing structure;
the at least one speaker, the data storage device, the control unit, and the receiver being electronically connected to each other through the PCB;
the at least one speaker being mounted into the housing structure;
the at least one speaker being coincident with the outer surface;
the data port traversing into the power compartment;
the data port being electronically connected to the data storage device through the PCB;
the at least one speaker being perimetrically positioned about the outer surface;
the power source being enclosed within the power compartment;
the power source being electrically connected to the at least one speaker, the sound module, and the data port;
and
the license plate attachment region being centrally positioned on the outer surface.

18 more elements

A non-alarming audible alerting device for automobiles comprises:

a housing structure;
a power compartment;
a sound module;
at least one speaker;
a data port;
a power source;
at least one set of mounting holes;
the housing structure comprises an outer surface and an inner surface;
the sound module comprises a printed circuit board (PCB), a data storage device, a control unit, and a receiver;
the outer surface comprises a license plate attachment region;
the power compartment being enclosed within the housing structure;
the sound module being enclosed within the housing structure;
the at least one speaker, the data storage device, the control unit, and the receiver being electronically connected to each other through the PCB;
the at least one speaker being mounted into the housing structure;
the at least one speaker being coincident with the outer surface;
the data port traversing into the power compartment;
the data port being electronically connected to the data storage device through the PCB;
the at least one speaker being perimetrically positioned about the outer surface;
the power source being enclosed within the power compartment;
the power source being electrically connected to the at least one speaker, the sound module, and the data port;
the license plate attachment region being centrally positioned on the outer surface;
the at least one set of mounting holes traversing through the housing structure;
and
the at least one set of mounting holes being asymmetrically aligned to the at least one speaker.

21 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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