GB2249630A - Vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator - Google Patents

Vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator Download PDF

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GB2249630A
GB2249630A GB9024092A GB9024092A GB2249630A GB 2249630 A GB2249630 A GB 2249630A GB 9024092 A GB9024092 A GB 9024092A GB 9024092 A GB9024092 A GB 9024092A GB 2249630 A GB2249630 A GB 2249630A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/26—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
    • B60Q1/30—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating rear of vehicle, e.g. by means of reflecting surfaces
    • B60Q1/302—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating rear of vehicle, e.g. by means of reflecting surfaces mounted in the vicinity, e.g. in the middle, of a rear window
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01P—MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT
    • G01P1/00—Details of instruments
    • G01P1/07—Indicating devices, e.g. for remote indication
    • G01P1/08—Arrangements of scales, pointers, lamps or acoustic indicators, e.g. in automobile speedometers

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A vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator comprising a changeover switch and three light sources. The lights are mounted at the rear of the vehicle and are coloured red, amber and green respectively. The electric circuit is connected to the normal vehicle brake/stop light circuit. <IMAGE>

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Vehicle Braking, Coasting and Acceleration Indicator This invention relates to a vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator.
While driving along behind another vehicle it is usual for the driver of a vehicle to depend upon the brake/stop lights of the front vehicle as an indication of its deceleration if he cannot easily see beyond that vehicle. This means that vital time is lost between the front driver seeing danger or a need to slow down and the following driver seeing his brake/stop lights illuminate. Often the front vehicle may simply coast towards a danger point or stopping point for several seconds before braking so the following driver may unwittingly catch-up rapidly unaware of any impending need to stop.
The purpose of this invention is for the front vehicle to indicate to the following driver whether it is accelerating, coasting, or decelerating and thereby save valuable time in warning the following driver about a possible need to brake.
According to the present invention there is provided a vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator comprising a changeover switch connected to a car accelerator pedal or linkage or electronic circuit whereby one light source may be illuminated when the pedal is depressed or another light source is illuminated automatically when the driver's foot is off the pedal. Neither of these light sources is illuminated when the driver depresses the brake pedal, but the brake light source illuminates then.
A specific embodiment of this invention will now be described by way of an example with reference to the accompanying drawing in which: Figure 1 illustrates a typical circuit diagram for the case where the normal stop light switch 2 attached to the brake pedal/linkage is between the normal stop light bulbs 1 and the chassis/ground connection.
Figure 2 illustrates a typical circuit diagram wherein the normal stop light switch 2 is between the normal bulbs 1 and the normal 12v battery 7 line.
The vehicle manufacturer is free to choose which side of the stop light bulbs the switch is to be placed.
Figure 3 illustrates a typical arrangement of the amber lensed coasting light relative to the green lensed accelerating light and red lensed braking light, all situated within the rear window of a vehicle.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2, power is taken from the normal stop switch/bulb junction to illuminate a bulb 4 or bulb 5 via a changeover switch 3. This switch 3 is mounted on the accelerator pedal or linkage so that when the vehicle accelerator pedal is being depressed, bulb 5 only is illuminated. Conversely when the vehicle is coasting with the driver's foot off the accelerator pedal, bulb 4 only is illuminated.
As long as bulb 4 or bulb 5 is low power compared with the normal stop light bulbs 1, these lights 1 will not illuminate due to power being drawn by bulb 4 or 5.
When the brake pedal is depressed so that the normal brake switch 2 closes, and the normal stop lights 1 illuminate, then neither bulb 4 nor bulb 5 can be illuminated: but then the brake light 6 illuminates.
In this embodiment example it is envisaged that a green lensed bulb 5 should be placed next to an amber lensed bulb 4 which is next to a red lensed bulb 6 in the rear window of the vehicle, from offside to nearside respectively, see Figure 3. Then the bulbs will illuminate in the sequence green-amber-red as the driver moves from accelerating, through coasting to braking.

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Claims 1. A vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator comprising a changeover switch and three light sources 2. A vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the changeover switch is connected electrically to the normal vehicle brake/stop light circuit or may be part of a solid state electronic circuit 3. A vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator as claimed in Claims 1 and 2 wherein the changeover switch is attached mechanically to the normal vehicle accelerator pedal or linkage, or is incorporated into the vehicle's electronic circuit 4.A vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator as claimed in Claims 1-3 wherein one light source illuminates when the accelerator pedal is depressed or the vehicle is being powered forward and another light source is illuminated when the accelerator pedal is not depressed or the vehicle is coasting forward. 5. A vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator as claimed in Claims 1-4 wherein neither the acceleration light source nor the coasting light source illuminates when the normal vehicle brake pedal is depressed; but the brake light source then illuminates 6. A vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator as claimed in Claims 1-5 wherein the light sources may be filament bulbs or light emitting diodes, or other light sources without or with coloured lenses of any colour 7. A vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator as claimed in Claims 16 wherein the three light sources may be placed in the rear window of a vehicle or external to the vehicle or built into part of the vehicle design. 8. A vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator substantially as described herein with reference to Figures 1-3 of the accompanying drawing. AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAIMS HAVE BEEN FILED AS FOLLOWS.
1. A vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator comprising a changeover switch and three light sources
2. A vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the changeover switch is connected electrically to the normal vehicle brake/stop light circuit or may be part of a solid state electronic circuit
3. A vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator as claimed in Claims 1 and 2 wherein the changeover switch is attached mechanically to the normal vehicle accelerator pedal or linkage, or is incorporated into the vehicle's electronic circuit
4.A vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator as claimed in Claims 1-3 wherein one light source illuminates when the accelerator pedal is depressed or the vehicle is being powered forward and another light source is illuminated when the accelerator pedal is not depressed or the vehicle is coasting forward.
5. A vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator as claimed in Claims 14 wherein neither the acceleration light source nor the coasting light source illuminates when the normal vehicle brake pedal is depressed; but the brake light source then illuminates
6. A vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator as claimed in Claims 1-5 wherein the light sources may be filament bulbs or light emitting diodes, or other light sources without or with coloured lenses of any colour.
7. A vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator as claimed in Claims 1-6 wherein the individual light sources may be given different shapes or relative positions to assist in indicating their particular functions.
8. A vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator as claimed in Claims 1-7 wherein the three light sources may be placed in the rear window of a vehicle or external to the vehicle or built into part of the vehicle design.
9. A vehicle braking, coasting and acceleration indicator substantially as described herein with reference to Figures 1-3 of the accompanying drawing.
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GB2352345A (en) * 1999-07-22 2001-01-24 David Clarence Wharton A vehicle motion indicator
FR2819612A1 (en) * 2001-01-17 2002-07-19 Philippe Pierre Kissel Road transport warning lights having car attached forward/rear longitudinal ramps with three areas having outer/central areas different colors and keyboard providing five warning combinations

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US4470036A (en) * 1983-08-29 1984-09-04 John F. Doerr Safety light warning system for vehicles and the like
US4812807A (en) * 1987-11-23 1989-03-14 Davis Jesse F Vehicle motion indicator
EP0324884A1 (en) * 1988-01-21 1989-07-26 Davis Liang Dynamic safety indicator for vehicle
GB2229002A (en) * 1989-02-25 1990-09-12 George Thomas Wilkins Vehicle brake warning device
GB2231664A (en) * 1989-05-12 1990-11-21 Sharon Dr Dan An accelerometric device in a moving vehicle
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EP0615881A3 (en) * 1993-03-02 1995-05-03 Neri Srl Rear mounted luminous three-light car indicator.
GB2352345A (en) * 1999-07-22 2001-01-24 David Clarence Wharton A vehicle motion indicator
FR2819612A1 (en) * 2001-01-17 2002-07-19 Philippe Pierre Kissel Road transport warning lights having car attached forward/rear longitudinal ramps with three areas having outer/central areas different colors and keyboard providing five warning combinations
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