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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2018
Applicant:
Kidde Technologies, Inc., Wilson, NC (US);
Inventors:
Robert J. Norris, Wilson, NC (US);
Terry Simpson, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Assignee:
Kidde Technologies, Inc., Wilson, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 17/10 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 17/10 (2013.01); H02J 7/0065 (2013.01); H05B 33/0845 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0067 (2013.01);
Abstract
A smoke detector of an aircraft cargo container includes a status light emitting diode (LED), at least one accelerometer, and one or more processors. The at least one accelerometer is configured to sense movement of the aircraft cargo container and provide a sensor signal representative of the sensed movement. The one or more processors is configured to receive the sensor signal and adjust a blinking rate of the status LED based upon the sensor signal.