Donald Walter Beach

US Patent:

8310357, Nov 13, 2012

Filed:

Jul 27, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/844269

Inventors:

Donald J. Beach - Seminole FL, US
Edmund C. Wiggins - St. Petersburg FL, US

International Classification:

B60Q 1/34

US Classification:

340475, 340478, 340468, 34042618, 340479, 362473

Abstract:

A signal lamp control system for one rear side of a vehicle receives a signal or voltage from the vehicle (near side signal) originally intended to turn on all signal lamps on that side. Responsive to that signal, the signal lamp control system either turns on all signal lamps on that side or sequentially turns on the signal lamps on that side, depending on a status of a signal or voltage from the vehicle (far side signal) originally intended to control the signal lamps on the opposite rear side of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the signal lamp control system has knowledge of the state of the other side before the near side signal transitions on. This distinguishes between near-side signal activation (alone), brake activation, brake activation with near-side signal activation and hazard warning activation.