HORN DEVICE

• US 20080084282A1
• Filed: 02/26/2007
• Published: 04/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wolo Manufacturing Corporation (1847 Holdings LLC)
• Original Assignee: Wolo Manufacturing Corporation (1847 Holdings LLC)
• Inventors: SOLOW, STANLEY
• Granted Patent: US 8,004,390 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/388.1
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 9/22 Mountings; Casings

Abstract

An electromechanical horn is configured with a body, a sound-generating unit mounted in the body, and a plurality of power source receiving regions for storing at least one removably mounted power source in a storage manner while containing a second power source in an operative manner thereby limiting discontinuity of the operation of the sound-generating unit.

Claims

1. A horn comprising:

a body;

a sound generating unit in the body;

at least two means for storing at least one electrical power source in the body;

at least one of the at least two means for storing being operatively engagable with at least one electrical power source upon an assembly therewith to power the sound generating unit, and

wherein the body is configured with a handle extending along a first direction and a casing extending along a second direction away from the first direction, at least one of the at least two means for storing being mounted in the handle and another of the at least two means for releasably storing being mounted to the casing, thereby enabling an enhanced electrical power source storage capability of said horn.

2. A horn, according to claim 1, wherein:

each of said at least two means for storing being means for releasably storing said external electrical power source.

3. A horn, according to claim 2, further comprising:

at least one means for actuating said sound generating unit upon said assembly therewith to said external electrical power source, and

said at least one means for actuating being at least one of a trigger mechanism for completing an electrical circuit between the sound generating unit and the at least one electrical power source upon said assembly therewith, and a combination of said triggering mechanism with a central processing unit for completing said electrical circuit upon an activation of said triggering mechanism.

4. A horn, according to claim 3, wherein:

said at least one means for actuating being said trigger mechanism in combination with said central processing unit, whereby said central processing unit enables a functional control of said sound generating unit thereby improving a user capability.

5. A horn, according to claim 3, wherein:

at least a second means for storing including a respective second electrical power source.

6. A horn, according to claim 5, further comprising:

means for operably engaging said respective second electrical power source within said at least second means for storing with said at least one means for actuating said sound generating unit, whereby said horn is operative from at least two separately stored electrical power sources

7. A horn comprising:

a body;

a sound generating unit in the body; and

a plurality of electrical power sources removably mounted to the body within respective storage locations and operative to selectively power the sound generating unit.

8. The horn of claim 7, wherein the body is configured with a handle extending along a first direction and a casing extending along a second direction away from said first direction, at least one of the plurality of power sources being mounted to the handle and another power source being mounted to the casing and spaced from the at least one power source.

9. The horn of claim 8, wherein the body has two compartments provided in the handle and casing respectively, the compartments being configured to receive the respective power sources.

10. The horn of claim 9, wherein one of the compartments opens into a bottom of the handle and the other compartment opens into a proximal end of the casing so as to provide access to the compartments from outside for insertion and removal of the respective power sources.

11. The horn of claim 10, further comprising first and second shutters removably mountable to the body so as to close the respective compartments and secure the respective power sources in the compartments.

12. The horn of claim 7, further comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU) mounted in the body and coupled to the plurality of power sources and to the sound generating unit, the CPU executing software operative to selectively couple the plurality of power sources to the sound generating unit to prevent discontinuity of an operation of the sound generating unit when a resource of one of the plurality of power sources reaches a predetermined value.

13. The horn of claim 12, wherein the reference value corresponds to an active life of the power source, the software executable by the CPU being operative to monitor and determine an ambient temperature and adjust the reference value upon determining the ambient temperature.

14. The horn of claim 13, wherein the software executable by the CPU is operative to actuate the sound generating unit so that the sound generating unit is enabled to selectively generate a plurality of sounds imitating sounds of respective various animals in response to an input by a user.

15. The horn of claim 14, wherein the body is configured with:

a suspension unit operative to couple the body to a user controlled item, the suspension unit having a flexible member and being operable to detachably engage the suspension unit to the body thereby enabling a secure attachment and detachment of said horn upon a user desire.

16. A horn comprising:

a body;

a sound generating unit in the body;

a plurality of electrical power source storage regions in the body; and

an electrical control circuit mounted in the body and enabling electrical current flow from at least one external power source stored within at least one of the plurality of electrical power source storage regions to the sound generating unit upon an actuation thereof;

to provide a continuous power supply to the sound generating unit during said actuation.

17. The horn of claim 16, wherein:

the body has a substantially T-shaped cross-section and is provided with two spaced apart interior compartments as respective storage regions each configured to releasably receive a respective one of the external powers sources.

18. The horn of claim 17, further comparing:

a switch operable by a user and displaceably mounted to the body to enable said actuation thereof and displaceable between an operative on- and off-position, wherein the electrical control circuit is electrically connected to the plurality of the power sources and to the sound generating unit upon displacing the switch to the on-position.

19. The horn of claim 18, further comprising:

first and second shutters removably mountable to the body so as to close respective electrical power source storage regions in the body and secure the respective power sources therein.

20. The horn of claim 19, further comprising:

a suspension unit operative to couple the body to an external user controlled item, the suspension unit being detachably engagable with at least one of the body and the user controlled item thereby enabling a secure attachment and detachment of said horn upon a user desire.