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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2016
Light & Motion Industries, Marina, CA (US);
Daniel T. Emerson, Carmel, CA (US);
Jarod Armer, Royal Oaks, CA (US);
Benjamin McGeever, Shoreline, WA (US);
David Heiss, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Kevin Govan, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Eric Simon, Del Rey Oaks, CA (US);
David William Tolan, Carmel, CA (US);
Light & Motion Industries, Marina, CA (US);
Abstract
A bicycle tail light or front light has a mounting base to connect to the bicycle, and an LED light unit for insertion into and removal from the base. The light unit includes a printed circuit board with LED driver and a rechargeable battery, all of which are encapsulated by a direct overmolding that forms a casing for the unit. For charging the light unit is pulled out from the base and plugged into a USB port. A tongue with USB blade at the back of the light unit functions to secure the light unit to the mounting base, and the attachment of the units switches power to the light unit. A motion detector on the PCB shuts off the LED if no motion is detected for several minutes, thus eliminating need for any exterior switch.