Light emitting device for tire sidewall and tire equipped with the light emitting device

• US 20070097698A1
• Filed: 10/31/2006
• Published: 05/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kumho Tire Company Incorporated (Kumho Asiana Group)
• Original Assignee: Kumho Tire Company Incorporated (Kumho Asiana Group)
• Inventors: Song, Han-Seok, Min, Ho, Lee, Heung-Goo, Choi, Seok-Ju, Jung, Il-Taik
• Application Number:
  US11/589,745
• Publication Number:
  US 20070097698A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/500
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 13/001 Decorating, marking or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/326 on or for wheels
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 21/043 supported by tyres
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/33 being semiconductor devices, e.g. diodes

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a light emitting device for a tire, comprising: a light emitting pattern forming unit attached on a predetermined position of a tire sidewall, having at least one light emitting device in a regular array; a light emitting control unit for controlling on/off of each light emitting device in accordance with a predetermined light emitting pattern by a regular period; and a power supply unit for supplying a power to the light emitting control unit and the light emitting device.

Claims

1. A light emitting device for a tire, comprising:

a light emitting pattern forming unit attached on a predetermined position of a tire sidewall, having at least one light emitting device in a regular array;

a light emitting control unit for controlling on/off of each light emitting device in accordance with a predetermined light emitting pattern by a regular period; and

a power supply unit for supplying a power to the light emitting control unit and the light emitting device.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a sensor section for selecting the first light emitting position.

3. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

an input device for selecting a letter or a logo to be displayed.

4. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

an input device for directly inputting a letter to be displayed.

5. The device of claim 3, wherein the input device has further comprise a position selecting section capable of determining positions for displaying a letter or a logo to be displayed.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the light emitting device is a LED.

7. A tire equipped with a light emitting device, comprising:

a light emitting pattern forming unit attached on a predetermined position of a tire sidewall, having at least one light emitting device in a regular array;

a light emitting control unit for controlling on/off of each light emitting device in accordance with a predetermined light emitting pattern by a regular period; and

a power supply unit for supplying a power to the light emitting control unit and the light emitting device.