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US3215979A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Motor vehicle signal light system

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1961-02-06
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Granted: 1965-11-02
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Expires: 1981-02-06
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Ryan Harry Clinton

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 07:51
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60Q; B60Q1/00; B60Q1/26; B60Q1/44; B60Q1/444

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 242 words
IN A SIGNAL LIGHT SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES HAVING ELECTRICALL ENERGIZABLE ILLUMINATING MEANS FOR EMITTING A WARNING LIGHT UPON REDUCTION OF THE FORWARD SPEED OF THE VEHICLE, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES, IN COMBINATION, A VOLTAGE SOURCE, A GROUND, AN ACCELERATOR, A NORMALLY OPEN SWITCH, A CIRCUIT BETWEEN SAID VOLTAGE SOURCE AND GROUND HAVING SAID ILLUMINATING MEANS AND NORMALLY OPEN SWITCH IN SEIRES, MEANS ACTUABLE BY THE RELEASE OF SAID ACCELERATOR FOR CLOSING SAID SWITCH FOR A PREDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME COMPRISING A SHAFT, MOTOR MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SHAFT FOR ROTATING SAID SHAFT IN ONE DIRECTION, MEANS FOR DISENGAGING SAID SHAFT FROM THE MOTOR MEANS PERMITTING ROTATION OF SAID SHAFT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, A PULLEY ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT HAVING MEANS PERMITTING THE ROTATION OF SAID PULLEY ON SAID SHAFT IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF SAID MOTOR MEANS, A CORD WRAPPED ABOUT SAID PULLEY SECURED AT ONE END TO SAID PULLEY AND AT THE OPPOSITE END TO THE ACCELERATOR, MEANS SECURED TO THE PULLEY ADAPTED TO TENSION SAID CORD BY ROTATING THE PULLEY AND SHAFT UPON RELEASE OF THE ACCELERATOR, A WHEEL RIGIDLY MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT, NORMALLY OPEN SWITCH MEANS, SECOND CIRCUIT BETWEEN SAID VOLTAGE SOURCE AND GROUND HAVING SAID NORMALLY OPEN SWITCH MEANS AND MOTOR MEANS IN SERIES, AND MEANS OPERABLE BY ROTATION OF SAID WHEEL FOR CLOSING SAID FIRST AND SECOND CIRCUIT SWITCH AND SWITCH MEANS FOR A PREDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 242 words
IN A SIGNAL LIGHT SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES HAVING ELECTRICALL ENERGIZABLE ILLUMINATING MEANS FOR EMITTING A WARNING LIGHT UPON REDUCTION OF THE FORWARD SPEED OF THE VEHICLE, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES, IN COMBINATION, A VOLTAGE SOURCE, A GROUND, AN ACCELERATOR, A NORMALLY OPEN SWITCH, A CIRCUIT BETWEEN SAID VOLTAGE SOURCE AND GROUND HAVING SAID ILLUMINATING MEANS AND NORMALLY OPEN SWITCH IN SEIRES, MEANS ACTUABLE BY THE RELEASE OF SAID ACCELERATOR FOR CLOSING SAID SWITCH FOR A PREDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME COMPRISING A SHAFT, MOTOR MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SHAFT FOR ROTATING SAID SHAFT IN ONE DIRECTION, MEANS FOR DISENGAGING SAID SHAFT FROM THE MOTOR MEANS PERMITTING ROTATION OF SAID SHAFT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, A PULLEY ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT HAVING MEANS PERMITTING THE ROTATION OF SAID PULLEY ON SAID SHAFT IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF SAID MOTOR MEANS, A CORD WRAPPED ABOUT SAID PULLEY SECURED AT ONE END TO SAID PULLEY AND AT THE OPPOSITE END TO THE ACCELERATOR, MEANS SECURED TO THE PULLEY ADAPTED TO TENSION SAID CORD BY ROTATING THE PULLEY AND SHAFT UPON RELEASE OF THE ACCELERATOR, A WHEEL RIGIDLY MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT, NORMALLY OPEN SWITCH MEANS, SECOND CIRCUIT BETWEEN SAID VOLTAGE SOURCE AND GROUND HAVING SAID NORMALLY OPEN SWITCH MEANS AND MOTOR MEANS IN SERIES, AND MEANS OPERABLE BY ROTATION OF SAID WHEEL FOR CLOSING SAID FIRST AND SECOND CIRCUIT SWITCH AND SWITCH MEANS FOR A PREDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME.

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