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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2019
Putco, Inc., Des Moines, IA (US);
James P. Elwell, Grimes, IA (US);
Tian Xiaojun, Guangzhou, CN;
Putco, Inc., Des Moines, IA (US);
Abstract
A light bar having an extruded housing with a curved cover portion and a flat back wall and flat side walls with a hollow interior. A circuit board positioned within the hollow interior and separated into a plurality of electrical segments. The circuit board includes a row of white, amber, and red LEDs which are fully encapsulated with an encapsulant within the housing. The ends of the housing are enclosed by end caps. The light bar is electrically connected to the electrical system of the vehicle and is installed using a plurality of adhesively attached clips and is controlled by a control box that interprets the operational signals of practically any commercially available pickup truck and outputs commands that controls illumination of the light bar. The compact size of the light bar facilitates installation of the light bar on practically any commercially available pickup truck.