Horn device having a power supply and an electrical control circuit

• US 8,149,097 B2
• Filed: 07/08/2011
• Issued: 04/03/2012
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): HOFSASS, JEFFERY A
• Application Number:
  US13/178,874
• Publication Number:
  US 20110268306A1
• Time in Patent Office: 270 Days
• Field of Search: 340/388.1, 340/693.2, 181/152, 181/159, 381/396
• US Class Current: 340/388.1
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 9/22 Mountings; Casings

Abstract

An electro-mechanical 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 said body;

at least two electrical power source storage regions in said body;

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

said electrical control circuit executing software operative to selectively couple between said sound generating unit and said at least two electrical power source storage regions, wherein upon receiving said at least one external power source in one of said electrical power source storage regions said software selectively designates a coupling to said power source to provide a continuous power supply to the sound generating unit during said actuation.

2. The horn of claim 1, wherein:

said 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.

3. The horn of claim 2, further comparing:

a switch operable by a user and operatively engagable with said electrical control circuit and said software and displaceably mounted to said body to enable said actuation thereof and displaceable between an operative on- and off-position.

4. The horn of claim 3, further comprising:

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

5. The horn of claim 4, further comprising:

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