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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2022
Banner Engineering Corp., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Nick Olsen, Minneapolis, MN (US);
William Theunissen, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Charles Dolezalek, Stacy, MN (US);
Scott Eliason, Minneapolis, MN (US);
John Klesk, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Matthew Michael Gelineau, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Dean Erickson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Banner Engineering Corp., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a side-mounted field-installable indication module (SMFIIM) configured to reflect a status of a manufacturing area (e.g., a status of a machine, status of a light curtain). In an illustrative example, the SMFIIM may include a light emitting module configured to emit a visual indicium corresponding to the status of the manufacturing area, and a coupling member configured to be releasably captured within a longitudinally extending channel of a housing of a light curtain. After installation, for example, the SMFIIM may be disposed on a side of and substantially parallel to the housing. The light emitting module may emit the visual indicium in an emitting plane oriented at an angle less than 90° to a plane tangential to a mounting surface of the light curtain housing. Various embodiments may advantageously provide a wide viewing angle of the light emitting module around the lighting curtain.