Wireless taillight system
First Claim
1. A wireless taillight system comprising:
- a taillight module adapted to be removably mounted on a vehicle, said taillight module including at least one signal lamp selectively illuminable by an electrical power source to provide visual information concerning a particular condition of the vehicle and said taillight module including means for receiving a transmitted wireless control signal and for enabling the power source to illuminate the signal lamp upon receipt thereof;
a portable transmitter module powered by a power source carded thereby independent from the vehicle, said transmitter module selectively operable by an operator to transmit the wireless control signal to the taillight module; and
means, independent from the transmitter module, enabling the taillight module to provide a signal when the taillight module electrical power source falls below a predetermined minimum value.
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Abstract
A wireless taillight system is provided having a taillight module (150) removably mountable on a vehicle such as a wagon (125) being pulled by a farm tractor (100). Module (150) has at least one signal lamp illuminable by a wireless control signal transmitter module (200) having a power source carried thereby that, along with module (150), is preferably operable to transmit a feed-back signal to transmitter module (200) to provide the operator with information concerning one or more of: (i) the condition of the signal lamp; (ii) the condition of the power source powering the signal lamp and; (iii) whether the function selected by an operator has in fact occurred. In another embodiment a taillight module (250) is provided without feed-back capability and includes an adaptive logic mode for providing a visual and/or audible signal upon the occurrence of an event such as when the taillight module battery power falls below a predetermined value and/or an absence in receipt of the transmitter control signal has exceeded a predetermined period of time or in yet another embodiment reduces the power being delivered to the signal lamps by a predetermined amount or selectively reduces the number of signal lamps being illuminated by the power source or automatically provides a visual signal upon deceleration of the vehicle.
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11 Claims
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1. A wireless taillight system comprising:
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a taillight module adapted to be removably mounted on a vehicle, said taillight module including at least one signal lamp selectively illuminable by an electrical power source to provide visual information concerning a particular condition of the vehicle and said taillight module including means for receiving a transmitted wireless control signal and for enabling the power source to illuminate the signal lamp upon receipt thereof; a portable transmitter module powered by a power source carded thereby independent from the vehicle, said transmitter module selectively operable by an operator to transmit the wireless control signal to the taillight module; and
means, independent from the transmitter module, enabling the taillight module to provide a signal when the taillight module electrical power source falls below a predetermined minimum value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A wireless taillight system comprising:
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a taillight module adapted to be removably mounted on a vehicle, said taillight module including at least one signal lamp selectively illuminable by an electrical power source to provide visual information concerning a particular condition of the vehicle and said taillight module including means for receiving a transmitted wireless control signal and for enabling the power source to illuminate the signal lamp upon receipt thereof; a portable transmitter module powered by a power source carried thereby independent from the vehicle, said transmitter module selectively operable by an operator to transmit the wireless control signal to the taillight module; and
means, independent from the transmitter module, enabling the taillight module to provide a signal when the taillight module fails to receive the control signal for a predetermined period of time. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A wireless taillight system comprising:
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a taillight module adapted to be removably mounted on a vehicle, said taillight module including at least two signal lamps selectively illuminable by an electrical power source to provide visual information concerning a particular condition of the vehicle and said taillight module including means for receiving a transmitted wireless control signal and for enabling the power source to illuminate the signal lamps upon receipt thereof; a portable transmitter module powered by a power source carried thereby independent from the vehicle, said transmitter module selectively operable by an operator to transmit the wireless control signal to the taillight module; and
means, independent from the transmitter module, enabling the taillight module to provide a signal when one of the lamps fail and causes a corrective action transferring the function of the failed lamp to the other lamp.
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10. A wireless taillight system comprising:
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a taillight module adapted to be removably mounted on a vehicle, said taillight module including at least two signal lamps selectively illuminable by an electrical power source to provide visual information concerning a particular condition of the vehicle, said taillight module including means for receiving a transmitted wireless control signal and for enabling the power source to illuminate the signal lamps upon receipt thereof; a portable transmitter module powered by a power source carried thereby independent from the vehicle, said transmitter module selectively operable by an operator to transmit the wireless control signal to the taillight module; and
means, independent from the transmitter module, enabling the taillight module to provide a signal when the taillight module power source falls below a predetermined value and causes a selective reduction of the number of lamps being illuminated by the power source.
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11. A wireless taillight system comprising:
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a taillight module adapted to be removably mounted on a vehicle, said taillight module including at least two signal lamps selectively illuminable by an electrical power source to provide visual information concerning a particular condition of the vehicle and said taillight module including means for receiving a transmitted wireless control signal and for enabling the power source to illuminate the signal lamps upon receipt thereof; a portable transmitter module powered by a power source carried thereby independent from the vehicle, said transmitter module selectively operable by an operator to transmit the wireless control signal to the taillight module; and
means, independent from the transmitter module, enabling the taillight module to provide a signal upon deceleration of the vehicle.
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