Communications: electrical – Land vehicle alarms or indicators – Of collision or contact with external object
Patent
1997-06-26
2000-02-15
Hofsass, Jeffery A.
Communications: electrical
Land vehicle alarms or indicators
Of collision or contact with external object
340479, 340475, 340471, B60Q 100
Patent
active
06025775&
ABSTRACT:
The notion of an easily retrofitable passive lighting-safety device designed to be generally installed into the existing rear lighting wiring-circuit of any motor-vehicle from motorcycles to cars and trucks, --so as to significantly boost a following driver's visualacuity cognition threshold of awareness regarding the state of a leading vehicle's sudden breaking procedure. The invention provides an intense quasi-precognitive white-light "flashback" alerting effect, preferably appearing (particularly under nighttime conditions) as a nearly subliminal approximate 100-200/millisecond flashback of visually non-deacclimating "white-light", emanating from a vehicle's existing back-up lights (or integrated with the DOT high-center brake-light). The effect being to essentially arouse a following motorist's attention to the simultaneous light-up of the preceding vehicle's stoplights. Regardless as to how long braking action continues, the so called STOPWHITES.TM. only illuminate in flashback once for a brief instant per actuation of the brakes; --having served their sole purpose in attracting a following driver's attention to need for braking. A following driver being thus able to react substantially sooner than viewing conventional stoplights only; --thereby significantly shortening the braking response-time. Additionally, exemplary circuits teach wiring the preferably solid-state electrical-module with directional-signal lights, as well as the 4-Way/Emergency-flasher system.
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Hofsass Jeffery A.
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