Multifunctional bicycle lamp

• US 6,017,140 A
• Filed: 11/18/1997
• Issued: 01/25/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ming-Fu Chou
• Original Assignee: Ming-Fu Chou
• Inventors: Chou, Ming-Fu
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Shea, Sandra
• Assistant Examiner(s): HONEYMAN, MARSHALL S
• Application Number:
  US08/972,361
• Time in Patent Office: 798 Days
• Field of Search: 362/800, 362/473, 362/474, 362/475, 362/251, 362/184, 362/466, 362/542, 362/544, 362/545, 362/231
• US Class Current: 362/475
• 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: H05B 39/04 Controlling
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/80 Light emitting diode

Abstract

A multifunctional bicycle lamp includes a press-button switch installed on a bicycle lamp body the switch being in connection with a control circuit in the bicycle lamp body. The control circuit primarily includes a microprocessor which is respectively in connection with a lamp bulb and a plurality of light emitting diodes. By controlling the press-button switch, the lamp bulb produces an illumination effect of a high-beam light or a low-beam light, and the light emitting diodes serve as hazard lights or power indication lights for a multifunction purpose through the microprocessor.

Claims

1. A multifunctional lamp, comprising:

a bicycle lamp body;

a lamp bulb installed on the bicycle lamp body;

a press-button switch protruding out of the bicycle lamp body;

a control circuit installed in the bicycle lamp body; and

at least three light emitting diodes,

wherein the control circuit is composed of a microprocessor,

an input pin of the microprocessor is in connection with the press-button switch,

an output pin of the microprocessor is in connection via a transistor with the lamp bulb,

said three light emitting diodes are respectively coupled to three output pins of the microprocessor, one of the three light emitting diodes being arranged to be used for power testing and the other two of the three light emitting diodes being arranged to be used as hazard lights, and

the brightness of the lamp bulb and selection of the hazard lights are controlled by the press-button switch.

2. The multifunctional lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bicycle lamp body comprises a lamp base, a lamp casing mutually engaged with the lamp base, a lens retained at one end of the lamp base and the lamp casing and shielding the lamp bulb, and a battery cover.

3. The multifunctional lamp as claimed in claim 2, wherein the lamp base defines a chamber for accommodating a lamp reflector and a circuit board, and a battery compartment for receiving the batteries, and the battery cover is correspondingly positioned above the battery compartment and mutually engaged with the lamp casing.

4. The multifunctional lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of the two hazard lights is of a steady type and the other hazard light is of a flashing type.

5. The multifunctional lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light emitting diode used for power testing is composed of a three-color light emitting diode.