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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazuo Hirano, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340 85 ; 340 66 ; 307 / ;
Abstract
A warning device for an automobile having a number of lights that are illuminated in response to opening of a compartment in which the light is positioned, such as an engine compartment trouble light, interior courtesy lights and/or a trunk light. In accordance with the invention, each light is served by a conductor that is contained within a wire harness. An arrangement is provided wherein the illuminated condition of the light is changed in response to a failure condition of a device served by the same wire harness so as to provide a simplified warning system.