Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc.

Oriana J Starr

Stephen T Vukosic

Steven W Neufeglise

James J Cronmiller

R Michael Datz

Jack Douglas Richardson

William H Dalton, Jr

Apparatus for controlling visible and audible warning signals, particularly signals from light bars, traffic director lighting, and siren and public address outputs for police and emergency vehicle applications, is provided in a single unit. Mounted in a chassis of the unit in layered relationship are a siren board and a relay board. The siren board contains amplifier and associated circuitry for generating and amplifying siren signals, and for providing microphone signals and signals from a 2-way radio of the vehicle, to a speaker which projects these audible signals for warning of and controlling emergency conditions. The relay board contains circuitry for switching power from the vehicle battery to the traffic director lighting and warning lighting (as may be provided by light bars) mounted on or in the vehicle. A microcontroller switches the lighting to the selected lighting units via relays on the board. A controller utilizing buttons providing a keypad, rotary and slide switches, is mounted on the chassis at one end thereof to provide manual access to the police or other emergency personnel for controlling the lighting and the siren, as well as public announce and radio audible signals. The entire unit is sufficiently small to be mounted to the dash or console of the vehicle and for example, may be about 6&#x2033; wide, 8&#x2033; deep, and 3&#x2033; high.

Visible and audible warning signal operating and control apparatus integrated into a single unit

A sub-assembly for a light-projecting module has an array of LEDs mounted on a circuit board potted in a tray at the bottom thereof by a solidified body of potting material. The body of potting material and the tray are heat-conductive and serve to dissipate heat generated by the LEDs. A light-emitting module includes the sub-assembly and a reflector. The reflector has a base which is assembled in heat-conductive relationship with the tray, so as to facilitate dissipation of heat generated by the LEDs. The reflector is a parabolic reflector which collects light from the LEDs and projects the light as a beam. The reflector contains an optical element for concentrating or diffusing the light projected from the module. The module may be assembled in a housing having an opening through which the light projects so as to provide a light bar suitable for mounting on the dash or windshield of a vehicle. A plurality of modules may be assembled around the edge of a frame which is contained in a cover of translucent material, whereby light, which may be of different colors depending upon the LEDs, is projected omni-directionally through the cover.

Light emitter sub-assemblies especially containing an array of light emitting devices (LEDs) and modules containing such sub-assemblies which provide lighting apparatuses, especially light bars for mounting on a vehicle

Optical lens for projecting light from an LED light emitter

Light bar for use inside a vehicle

Faceplate for a manually operable emergency and police vehicle, siren, public address and warning light controller

Light bar

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Oriana J Starr