Patent Application
20240017667
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The disclosure relates to vehicle brake device and more particularly pertains to a new vehicle brake device for indicating a pressure level applied to the brake.
The prior art relates to vehicle brake devices. The prior art includes a variety of vehicle brake devices used to indicate the pressure applied to a brake pedal. Known prior art lacks a vehicle brake device configured for indicating a pressure force applied to the brake pedal by emitting a color respective to a set of levels upon a pair of brake lights and a strip having a plurality of light emitting diodes.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a processor being integrated within a vehicle. The vehicle is configured for having a brake pedal. The processor has a pressure sensor in mechanical communication with the brake pedal. The processor is configured for determining the amount of force applied to the pressure sensor relative to a set of levels. The set of levels further includes a low level tier. The low level tier is configured for including the amount of force applied being below a lower set pressure force. A high level tier is configured for including the amount of force applied being above a higher set force. A mid level tier is configured for including the amount of pressure force applied being from the lower set force to the higher set force. A pair of brake lights is in electric communication with the processor. Each of the brake lights has a bulb having a color-changing capability. A strip is in electric communication with the processor as well. The strip has a plurality of light emitting diodes having the color-changing capability.
Another embodiment of the disclosure includes a method comprising the step of applying an amount of force below a lower set force upon a brake pedal of a vehicle wherein a processor being configured for emitting a yellow light from a pair of brake lights and from a strip. Furthermore, applying the amount of force from the lower set force to a higher set force upon the brake pedal of the vehicle wherein the processor being configured for emitting an orange light from the pair of brake lights and from the strip. Additionally, applying the amount of force above the higher set force upon the brake pedal of the vehicle wherein the processor being configured for emitting a red light from the pair of brake lights and from the strip.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The processor 12 is configured for determining the amount of force 22 applied to the pressure sensor 20 relative to a set of levels 24. The set of levels 24 further includes a low level tier 26, a high level tier 28, and a mid level tier 30. The low level tier 26 is configured for including the amount of force 22 applied being below a lower set force 32. The low lever tier 26 is configured for the processor 12 to emit a yellow color 34. The high level tier 28 is configured for including the amount of force 22 applied being above a higher set force 36. The high level tier 28 is configured for the processor 12 to emit a red color 38. The mid level tier 30 is configured for including the amount of force 22 applied being from the lower set force 32 to the higher set force 36. The mid level tier 30 is configured for the processor to emit an orange color 40.
A pair of brake lights 42 is in electric communication with the processor 12. The pair of brake lights 42 is configured for being positioned on a rear surface 44 of the vehicle 14. Each of the brake lights 42 is configured for illuminating when the amount of force 22 is applied to the brake pedal 16 wherein indicating the brake system 18 of the vehicle 14 is engaged. Each of the brake lights 42 has a bulb 46 having a color-changing capability 48. The color-changing capability 48 is configured for producing a variety of colors including the yellow color 34, the orange color 40, and the red color 38.
Furthermore, a strip 50 is in electric communication with the processor 12. The strip 50 is configured for being positioned on the rear surface 44 of the vehicle 14. The strip 50 has a plurality of light emitting diodes 52 being configured for illuminating when the amount of force 22 is applied to the brake pedal 16. The plurality of light emitting diodes 52 has the color-changing capability 48 wherein each of the light emitting diodes 52 can produce the yellow color 34, the orange color 40, and the red color 38.
In use, the driver of the vehicle 14 applies the amount of force 22 to the brake pedal 16 to engage the brake system 18 of the vehicle 14. When the user applies the amount of force 22 below the lower set force 32 upon the brake pedal 16 of the vehicle 14, then the processor 12 is configured for emitting the yellow light 34 from the pair of brake lights 42 and from the strip 50. Furthermore, when the user applies the amount of force 22 from the lower set force 32 to the higher set force 36 upon the brake pedal 16 of the vehicle 14, then the processor 12 is configured for emitting the orange light 40 from the pair of brake lights 42 and from the strip 50. Additionally, when the user applies the amount of force 22 above the higher set force 36 upon the brake pedal 16 of the vehicle 14, then the processor 12 is configured for emitting the red light 38 from the pair of brake lights 42 and from the strip 50.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
