CODE 3, INC. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140268845 | SIGNAL LIGHTING SUPERVISOR - A signal lighting system for a vehicle includes a housing having an open front end. A bottom and top of the housing each have an arcuate front edge. The bottom extends farther forward than the top so the front edge of the bottom is in front of the front edge of the top. The system includes a plurality of lights between the bottom and top and positioned for directing light generally forward. Gaskets are at the front edges of the top and bottom of the housing for conforming the lighting system to a windshield of the vehicle. The lighting system is adjustable to facilitate mounting the lighting system in a wide range of different makes and models of vehicle notwithstanding differences that may exist between their windshield geometries. The lights may be included in light modules that can be rotationally adjusted while the system is mounted on the vehicle. | 09-18-2014 |
20140268723 | COLLIMATING LIGHT HEAD INCLUDING BASE WITH PROJECTING DOME-LIKE LENS - A light head includes a heat sink, a circuit board in heat transfer communication with the heat sink, a light source mounted on the circuit board such that heat generated by the light source when energized is transferred to via the circuit board to the heat sink, a collimating base having a cavity for receiving the light source, and a collimating lens structure on the outer surface of the base projecting outward from the outer surface of the base for transmitting substantially collimated light from the base. A light bar including one or more such light heads is also described. | 09-18-2014 |
20140254189 | BEACON WITH ILLUMINATED LEDS ARRAY BOARDS CONNECTED - A signal lighting beacon for a vehicle has a base and a plurality of LED arrays mounted on the base. the LED arrays are arranged to direct light signals outward in multiple different radial directions. Each LED array has an LED array circuit board having plurality of LEDs and an electrical connector mounted thereon. A common circuit board is connected to each of the plurality of LED arrays by electrical connectors on the common circuit board. The electrical connectors of single-sided LED circuit boards can be substantially identical to the electrical connectors on a single-sided common circuit board disposed at an angle relative to the LED circuit boards. The connectors can be connected to one another by inserting spade terminals into corresponding sockets from the sides of the sockets. The LED arrays can be pivoted relative to the common circuit board without withdrawing the spade terminals from the sockets. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253471 | GESTURE CONTROL FOR ELECTRONIC SAFETY DEVICES - A touch pad sensor is configured for use by an operator to detect gestures of the operator and for providing a gesture signal indicative of a detected gesture. The detected gesture corresponds to a mode of operation of an electronic safety device. A controller detects the gesture signals indicative of the detected gesture, and converts the gesture signals into control signals to control the operation of the electronic safety device such as lighting or audio devices. | 09-11-2014 |
20140104054 | BEACON WITH FLASHING AND CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED LEDS - A beacon configured for mounting on a vehicle having an array of LEDs providing a flashing light signal to observers and having an array of LEDs providing scene illumination to a portion of the vehicle. | 04-17-2014 |
20140091951 | NIGHT SAFETY WARNING APPARATUS AND METHOD HAVING ILLUMINATED INFLATABLE COLUMN - An illuminated, inflatable mast assembly positioned at a site and deployed for warning on-coming drivers of vehicles of the location of the site. | 04-03-2014 |
20130272012 | LIGHT BAR EXTERIOR CABLE JUNCTION BOX - A junction box assembly for a light bar for splicing a light bar cable and a vehicle cable. A multipart housing forms a compartment and has at least two separable parts for accessing the compartment. The compartment is configured for receiving an end of the light bar cable and for receiving an end of the vehicle cable. The multipart housing is configured to mount externally and slidably to the underside of the light bar. | 10-17-2013 |
20130272007 | EMERGENCY VEHICLE LIGHT WITH ILLUMINATED BEZEL - A bezel for a light fixture appears illuminated when a bezel light source is energized and the bezel appears opaque when the bezel lights source is not energized. The bezel has a metalized coating which reflects light transmitted from a location remote from and external to the bezel and which transmits light emitted by the bezel light source. | 10-17-2013 |
20130154821 | WIRELESS CONTROL AND COORDINATION OF LIGHT BAR AND SIREN - A wireless interface module is used with at least one of a light bar, a control head, and/or a siren so that a mobile device can wirelessly control the light bar and/or siren via a user interface. | 06-20-2013 |
20130154820 | WIRELESS CONTROL AND COORDINATION OF LIGHT BAR AND SIREN - A wireless interface module is used with at least one of a light bar, a control head, and/or a siren so that a mobile device can wirelessly control the light bar and/or siren via a user interface. | 06-20-2013 |
20130077294 | LIGHT BAR - A light bar may include a light head with chip-on-board (COB) light emitting diode (LED) and an optic component mounted adjacent to the COB LED. The light bar may comprise short and long center modules. The light bar may include a plurality of housing modules where each housing module includes a light head and a lens cover having a top portion that is substantially impervious to ultraviolet radiation, and a lens portion extending downward from the top portion in generally opposing relationship with the light head. The light bar may include a circuit board including a wire-to-board connector, and a light head including a wire-to-board connector mated with the wire-to-board connector on the circuit board to electrically connect the light head to the circuit board. The light head may include a holographic diffuser. | 03-28-2013 |
20130051048 | LIGHT HEAD WITH PHOSPHOR IMPREGNATED LIGHT OPTIC AND METHOD - A light head for a light bar and/or an emergency vehicle light includes a light mixer with diffuse reflectivity, a blue light engine and a phosphor impregnated light optic. Blue light from the light engine causes the phosphor to fluoresce and emit colored light having a wavelength different that the wavelength of blue light of the light engine. | 02-28-2013 |
20130038444 | PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL FOR SIREN AND LIGHTS - A system comprising a power supply, an emergency warning light and a speaker, in combination with a control head. One or more processors controls operation of the system in response to received user input and provides system status for display. Storage media encoded with emergency warning light system instructions for execution by one or more of the processors controls the actuation of the emergency warning light system and controls light patterns generated by the emergency warning light system. The storage media is further encoded with siren system instructions for execution by one or more of the processors for controlling the actuation of the siren system and for controlling audible sounds generated by the siren system. | 02-14-2013 |
20120303212 | PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL FOR SIREN AND LIGHTS - A system comprising a power supply, an emergency warning light and a speaker, in combination with a control head. One or more processors controls operation of the system in response to received user input and provides system status for display. Storage media encoded with emergency warning light system instructions for execution by one or more of the processors controls the actuation of the emergency warning light system and controls light patterns generated by the emergency warning light system. The storage media is further encoded with siren system instructions for execution by one or more of the processors for controlling the actuation of the siren system and for controlling audible sounds generated by the siren system. | 11-29-2012 |
20120294027 | Universal Light Module for Exterior Side Rear View Mirror of Vehicle - A light module for a side mounted rear view mirror of a vehicle includes a light and an electrical conductor for connecting the light to a power source through an opening to be formed in a forward facing surface of the rear view mirror housing. The module includes a boot having an opening at a front end and a flexible back end. A fastening system is adapted for mounting the light and boot on the forward facing surface of the rear view mirror housing so the flexible back end of the boot is compressed against the forward facing surface of the mirror housing and a segment of the electrical conductor extending from the opening in the forward facing surface of the rear view mirror housing is substantially enclosed in the boot when the light module is installed on the rear view mirror. | 11-22-2012 |
20120287662 | Interior Light Assembly - An interior light assembly for use in a vehicle includes a housing having a light transmission end constructed to pass light out of the housing. A light source is located in the housing and arranged to emit light in a direction to pass out of the light transmission end of the housing. A visor extends from the light transmission end of the housing for blocking light from the light source in directions transverse to the light transmission end of the housing into a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The visor has an end remote from the housing shaped to engage a windshield of the vehicle. The visor may be pivotably mounted on the housing to facilitate flush engagement of the remote visor end with the windshield. The visor can flare outwardly from the housing to the remote end so light can be seen at greater off-angles by persons outside the vehicle. | 11-15-2012 |
20120083975 | DC POWER LINE CONTROL FOR LIGHT BARS AND SIRENS - A light bar and/or a siren controlled by a control head via control signals on power lines connected to the control head, the light bar and/or the siren. Isolated power line communication (PLC) modules between the light bar, the siren and the control head transmit the control signals over the power lines. | 04-05-2012 |
20100327748 | MULTI-LEVEL MODULAR LIGHT BAR - A modular light bar having crisscross lighting in the front and rear. Each module may include two horizontal layers of lighting supported on supports connected to a longitudinal base. A wire harness is positioned within a longitudinal channel in the longitudinal base, with the harness having one end connected to quick disconnects within the modules and having another end connected to a controller. Each of the light bar module is serviceable independent of the other light bar modules, such that the support positioned within and connected to the light bar module being serviced is removable from the light bar module without accessing the other light bar modules by disconnecting the quick disconnect positioned within each light bar module being serviced. | 12-30-2010 |
20100110677 | LIGHT FIXTURE WITH INNER AND OUTER TROUGH REFLECTORS - A light fixture includes a light source and inner and outer trough reflectors. The inner and outer trough reflectors may have coaxial imaginary linear focal axes. Each of the inner and outer trough reflectors may be configured to collimate light emitted from the light source. | 05-06-2010 |
20100073948 | LIGHT BAR - A light bar may include a light head with chip-on-board (COB) light emitting diode (LED) and an optic component mounted adjacent to the COB LED. The light bar may comprise short and long center modules. The light bar may include a plurality of housing modules where each housing module includes a light head and a lens cover having a top portion that is substantially impervious to ultraviolet radiation, and a lens portion extending downward from the top portion in generally opposing relationship with the light head. The light bar may include a circuit board including a wire-to-board connector, and a light head including a wire-to-board connector mated with the wire-to-board connector on the circuit board to electrically connect the light head to the circuit board. The light head may include a holographic diffuser. | 03-25-2010 |
20080310178 | MOUNTING FOOT FOR LIGHT BAR - A mounting foot for mounting a light bar on a roof of a vehicle includes at least one platform. The platform includes a recess for slidably receiving a base of a light assembly to mount the light assembly on the platform. The light assembly has a base fixedly secured to the platform and a light enclosure rotatably connected to the base of the light assembly. | 12-18-2008 |