EP2180237A2 - Procédé d'opération de lampe-torche polyvalente - Google Patents

Procédé d'opération de lampe-torche polyvalente Download PDF

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EP2180237A2
EP2180237A2 EP09250047A EP09250047A EP2180237A2 EP 2180237 A2 EP2180237 A2 EP 2180237A2 EP 09250047 A EP09250047 A EP 09250047A EP 09250047 A EP09250047 A EP 09250047A EP 2180237 A2 EP2180237 A2 EP 2180237A2
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flashlight
momentary
selector
mode
user interface
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EP2180237A3 (fr
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Robert Galli
Christopher O'brien
Alexander Calvino
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Emissive Energy Corp
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21L—LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF, BEING PORTABLE OR SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TRANSPORTATION
    • F21L4/00—Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells
    • F21L4/02—Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells characterised by the provision of two or more light sources
    • F21L4/022—Pocket lamps
    • F21L4/027—Pocket lamps the light sources being a LED
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V23/00—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices
    • F21V23/04—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being switches
    • F21V23/0407—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being switches for flashing
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V23/00—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices
    • F21V23/04—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being switches
    • F21V23/0414—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being switches specially adapted to be used with portable lighting devices
    • F21V23/0421—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being switches specially adapted to be used with portable lighting devices the switch being part of, or disposed on the tail cap portion thereof
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
    • F21Y2115/00—Light-generating elements of semiconductor light sources
    • F21Y2115/10—Light-emitting diodes [LED]

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  • the flashlight employs a combination of the resistance value detected relative to the position of the wiper and the momentary signal received from the push button switch in order to determine the manner in which the user wants the flashlight to operate.
  • the resistive value toggles the flashlight through various different operational modes such as momentary, full on, strobe, programming mode, etc. While the push button is used in order to determine the brightness or mode in which the flashlight will operate.
  • the circuit board 68 includes an adjustable resistance type structure one or both of the continuous strips 78 are resistive strips formed on the surface thereof and the rotary actuator 60 includes a wiper 66 affixed to the end thereof that bridges between the two resistance strips 68.
  • resistance will be used hereinafter as the signal being generated, the principal of the present invention is directed to using electronic devices having a measurable value wherein a measured value corresponding to the electronic device provides the signal that is read.
  • the electronic devices could be any such device having a measurable value such as for example, resistors, capacitors or inductors. Accordingly, while for the remainder of this specification, the signal will be referred to as resistance values and the electronic devices as resistors, any other suitable electronic device having a measurable value could easily be substituted and still fall within the scope of the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 the details of a second embodiment user interface 122 for the flashlight 10 are shown. While this embodiment still employs the momentary contact 62, the continuous resistive strips on the circuit board are replaced with a circuit board 168 containing plurality of individual contact pads 178 in indexed positions. A plurality of resistors 179 having different resistive values are arranged such that each of the resistors 179 is positioned in electrical communication with the indexed contact pads 178.
  • a signal is provided that corresponds to a fixed and known resistive value corresponding to the resistor 179 in that position.
  • the memory chip 90b includes a plurality of instruction sets 95, 96 that provide unique operating instructions 97, 98 depending on the interface 22, 222 that is installed and the manner in which the interface 22, 222 is operated.
  • the flashlight identifies the interface as being a rotary interface 22 based on the existence of resistive signals therein and accordingly selects instruction set 1-C 91 in a color flashlight 10a or 1-W 95 in a white flashlight 10b.
  • the rotary interface 22 is operated as described above distinct resistive signals are sent to the controller and the function 93 corresponding to that resistive signal is selected from the memory chip 90a and is employed to energize the flashlight 10a. For example, if the resistive value is A-Ohms, then the function 93 selected is the function corresponding to A-Ohms and so on.

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EP09250047A 2008-10-27 2009-01-08 Procédé d'opération de lampe-torche polyvalente Withdrawn EP2180237A3 (fr)

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US12/258,556 US20100026205A1 (en) 2008-01-29 2008-10-27 Method of operating a multi-function flashlight

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EP2180237A2 true EP2180237A2 (fr) 2010-04-28
EP2180237A3 EP2180237A3 (fr) 2012-05-02

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Cited By (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2012006977A3 (fr) * 2010-07-13 2012-07-05 Zweibrüder Optoelectronics Gmbh & Co. Kg Lampe de poche

Citations (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20050122712A1 (en) * 2003-12-09 2005-06-09 Surefire Llc Flashlight with adjustable color selector switch
WO2007042752A1 (fr) * 2005-10-14 2007-04-19 Barry Angus Noble Dispositif programmable d’éclairage

Patent Citations (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20050122712A1 (en) * 2003-12-09 2005-06-09 Surefire Llc Flashlight with adjustable color selector switch
WO2007042752A1 (fr) * 2005-10-14 2007-04-19 Barry Angus Noble Dispositif programmable d’éclairage

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2012006977A3 (fr) * 2010-07-13 2012-07-05 Zweibrüder Optoelectronics Gmbh & Co. Kg Lampe de poche
CN103003619A (zh) * 2010-07-13 2013-03-27 两兄弟光电子有限责任两合公司 手电筒
CN103003619B (zh) * 2010-07-13 2016-08-17 两兄弟光电子有限责任两合公司 手电筒

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