WIRELESS BRAKE LIGHT AND SIGNAL INDICATOR FOR TRANSPORTATION

• US 20110148611A1
• Filed: 12/10/2010
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: A-Team Design Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: A-Team Design Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: NI, Kuan-Chun
• Application Number:
  US12/964,793
• Publication Number:
  US 20110148611A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/432
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 6/015 using electrical power not supplied by the cycle motor generator, e.g. using batteries or piezo elements
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 6/045 indicating braking
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 6/165 Wireless switches
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 11/14 Handlebar constructions, or arrangements of controls thereon, specially adapted thereto hand controls per se B62K23/02

Abstract

A wireless brake light and signal indicator for transportation has a front controller mounted on a handlebar of a bicycle, a brake signal generator mounted to a brake lever and connected to the front controller, and a tail signal indicator wirelessly controlled by the front controller. The brake signal generator has an insulation body and two strip electrodes sleeved therein. The strip electrodes are mutually isolated. The insulation body has a resilient portion formed at one end thereof. The strip electrodes are constantly open and located oppositely in the resilient portion. The resilient portion aligns with the force application portion of the brake lever. Once the brake lever is gripped, the resilient portion is compressed so that the strip electrodes are shorted and a brake signal is sent to the front controller. The front controller wirelessly activates a brake light to warn vehicles or pedestrians behind.

Claims

1. A wireless brake light and signal indicator for transportation, comprising:

a front controller having;

a control unit having a plurality of input and output terminals; and

a front transceiving module connected to the corresponding input and output terminals of the control unit;

a brake signal generator adapted to be mounted to a brake lever of a bicycle, and having;

an insulation body taking a slender form; and

two strip electrodes sleeved by the insulation body and mutually isolated, one ends of the two strip electrodes being constantly open and the other ends thereof electrically connected with the front controller; and

a tail signal indicator having;

a processor having a plurality of output terminals;

a rear transceiving module connected with the processor and wirelessly connecting with the front transceiving module of the front controller; and

a plurality of light sets respectively connected with the output terminals of the processor.

2. The wireless brake light and signal indicator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tail signal indicator further comprises a power supply and charging module having

a rechargeable battery;

a charger electrically connected with the rechargeable battery to charge the rechargeable battery when a power capacity of the rechargeable battery is below a threshold value; and

a voltage regulator regulating a DC voltage outputted by the rechargeable battery to supply the DC voltage to the processor, the rear transceiving module and the plurality of light sets.

3. The wireless brake light and signal indicator as claimed in claim 2, wherein the power supply and charging module further has a USB interface connector electrically connected with the charger and adapted to perform charging through a connected USB port of a computer.

4. The wireless brake light and signal indicator as claimed in claim 3, wherein each light set of the tail signal indicator is composed of multiple LEDs and is connected with a corresponding output terminal of the processor through a transistor.

5. The wireless brake light and signal indicator as claimed in claim 4, wherein the front controller has a multi-positioned switch having multiple connection terminals, and two of the connection terminals are connected with two of the input terminals of the control unit.

6. The wireless brake light and signal indicator as claimed in claim 5, wherein two of the input terminals of the control unit are respectively connected with the brake signal generator and a mode switch.

7. The wireless brake light and signal indicator as claimed in claim 6, wherein

the plurality of output terminals of the control unit are connected with multiple LEDs representing a left turn indicator, a right turn indicator, a front low power indicator, a rear low power indicator, and an operating indicator;

and

the front controller further comprises a power supply module having a voltage regulator and a battery to supply an operating power required by the front controller.

8. The wireless brake light and signal indicator as claimed in claim 7, wherein the front transceiving module and the rear transceiving module employ Manchester coding scheme and transmit signals through a 2.4 G frequency band.

9. The wireless brake light and signal indicator as claimed in claim 8, wherein one of the output terminals of the control unit is further connected with an operating indicator.

10. The wireless brake light and signal indicator as claimed in claim 9, wherein the insulation body has a recessed arced portion formed on a front portion of the resilient portion and a sleeve integrally formed with a rear portion of the resilient portion.

11. The wireless brake light and signal indicator as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the insulation body of the brake signal generator is integrally formed by rubber and one end of the insulation body has:

a resilient portion being hollow; and

a compressible space formed inside the resilient portion of the insulation body; and

the two strip electrodes are formed by copper and are sleeved by the insulation body, and one end of each of the two strip electrodes protrude beyond the compressible space of the resilient portion and are constantly open.

12. The wireless brake light and signal indicator as claimed in claim 2, wherein

the insulation body of the brake signal generator is integrally formed by rubber and one end of the insulation body has:

a resilient portion being hollow; and

a compressible space formed inside the resilient portion of the insulation body; and

the two strip electrodes are formed by copper and are sleeved by the insulation body, and one end of each of the two strip electrodes protrude beyond the compressible space of the resilient portion and are constantly open.

13. The wireless brake light and signal indicator as claimed in claim 3, wherein

the insulation body of the brake signal generator is integrally formed by rubber and one end of the insulation body has:

a resilient portion being hollow; and

a compressible space formed inside the resilient portion of the insulation body; and

the two strip electrodes are formed by copper and are sleeved by the insulation body, and one end of each of the two strip electrodes protrude beyond the compressible space of the resilient portion and are constantly open.

14. The wireless brake light and signal indicator as claimed in claim 4, wherein

the insulation body of the brake signal generator is integrally formed by rubber and one end of the insulation body has:

a resilient portion being hollow; and

a compressible space formed inside the resilient portion of the insulation body; and

the two strip electrodes are formed by copper and are sleeved by the insulation body, and one end of each of the two strip electrodes protrude beyond the compressible space of the resilient portion and are constantly open.

15. The wireless brake light and signal indicator as claimed in claim 5, wherein

the insulation body of the brake signal generator is integrally formed by rubber and one end of the insulation body has:

a resilient portion being hollow; and

a compressible space formed inside the resilient portion of the insulation body; and

the two strip electrodes are formed by copper and are sleeved by the insulation body, and one end of each of the two strip electrodes protrude beyond the compressible space of the resilient portion and are constantly open.

16. The wireless brake light and signal indicator as claimed in claim 6, wherein the insulation body has a recessed arced portion formed on a front portion of the resilient portion and a sleeve integrally formed with a rear portion of the resilient portion.

17. The wireless brake light and signal indicator as claimed in claim 7, wherein the insulation body has a recessed arced portion formed on a front portion of the resilient portion and a sleeve integrally formed with a rear portion of the resilient portion.

18. The wireless brake light and signal indicator as claimed in claim 8, wherein the insulation body has a recessed arced portion formed on a front portion of the resilient portion and a sleeve integrally formed with a rear portion of the resilient portion.

19. The wireless brake light and signal indicator as claimed in claim 9, wherein the insulation body has a recessed arced portion formed on a front portion of the resilient portion and a sleeve integrally formed with a rear portion of the resilient portion.

20. The wireless brake light and signal indicator as claimed in claim 10, wherein the insulation body has a recessed arced portion formed on a front portion of the resilient portion and a sleeve integrally formed with a rear portion of the resilient portion.