ES1218860U - SAFE ENROLLMENT SET FOR VEHICLES (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Safe overtaking assembly for vehicles characterized in that it comprises a series of side light indicators (1) provided with presence sensors, each presence sensor being associated with each side light indicator (1) with a two-color light indicator (3). (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

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SAFE ADVANCEMENT SET FOR VEHICLES

DESCRIPTION

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

It is the object of the present invention, as the title of the invention establishes, a safe overtaking set for vehicles, preferably, but not limited to trucks and buses, where said set offers additional information on the overtaking process.

The present invention characterizes the special functionality and configuration of the means used, so that an efficient and simple system to implement is achieved, helping in the safety of overtaking vehicles, preferably trucks.

Therefore, the present invention is circumscribed within the scope of vehicles, and more particularly among the means indicating lateral movements.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The turn signals serve to turn, to change lanes, direction, direction, to advance, to make a stop ... There are many moments of the movement in which we need to communicate with the rest of the users of the roads to inform about Our intentions behind the wheel. And the only way we have to do it is by using the direction indicators.

One of the most dangerous driving maneuvers is overtaking, particularly on secondary roads and especially for long-haul vehicles such as trucks, buses, etc.

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The General Traffic Regulations oblige drivers to warn the rest of the maneuvers they will carry out with their vehicles. All motor vehicles have these yellow flashing lights. In the event that they did not have them, they would not work or they had doubts about their use, the driver must indicate their maneuvers with the arm - as do the cyclists -, putting solution to the problem as soon as possible.

The turn signals are used among other options to make an overtaking that is one of the situations that causes more risks on secondary roads. In this case, you must keep the flashing light activated during the complete maneuver, that is, until you get back into your lane.

It happens that truck and bus drivers when they are overtaking do not know exactly when they have passed the vehicle they are trying to overtake before returning to the traffic lane, being frequent cause of accidents the early return of the vehicles for not having exceeded in all their length to a vehicle they are looking forward to.

Therefore, it is the object of the present invention to overcome the mentioned drawbacks of lack of information in the overtaking process, developing a set for safe overtaking such as the one described below and is set forth in its essentiality in the first claim.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The object of the present invention is a safe overtaking assembly for vehicles, that is to say a series of elements acting together that provide additional information during the overtaking process.

In general, trucks and vehicles longer than usual carry on their sides a series of light indicators distributed throughout their entire

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length so that drivers of nearby vehicles can observe and perceive the change maneuver via.

To achieve the described purposes, the side lights are provided with presence sensors so that activated by having a nearby obstacle, for example a truck to which they are passing, they are activated by sending information to the rear-view mirror.

Said intermittent activation information provided with a presence sensor may consist of the activation of a light indicator which, depending on the activated color, can be known during the overtaking maneuver if the entire vehicle has been passed or not.

A color code that can be adopted in the activated light signals may be red to indicate that there is an obstacle in front of the flasher provided with a presence sensor, while green would be the color adopted to indicate that there is no obstacle in front of the flasher.

Thus, when an overtaking maneuver is started when the first sensor that may be associated with the first indicator is activated, a first red light turns on in the rearview mirror, and so on, red lights will go on as long as the presence sensors remain covered by the vehicle that is moving ahead. As this presence sensor ceases to be activated because it has exceeded the vehicle, it is activated in green, so that all the indicator lights are green, at which time the truck can return to its original lane with the security of that the vehicle you were trying to overtake has been exceeded in its entire length.

Unless otherwise indicated, all technical and scientific elements used herein have the meaning normally understood by a person skilled in the art to which this invention pertains. In

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In the practice of the present invention, methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used.

Throughout the description and the claims the word "comprises" and its variants are not intended to exclude other technical characteristics, additives, components or steps. For those skilled in the art, other objects, advantages and features of the invention will be apparent in part of the description and part of the practice of the invention.

EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES

To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical implementation thereof, a set of drawings is attached as an integral part of said description. where, for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, the following has been represented.

In Figure 1, we can observe the beginning of an overtaking maneuver by a vehicle provided with the safe overtaking assembly object of the invention.

In Figure 2, we can see the same representation in which the two vehicles are in parallel.

Figure 3 shows when the forward vehicle has exceeded the entire advanced vehicle.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION.

In view of the figures, a preferred embodiment of the proposed invention is described below.

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In figure 1 we can see a pair of trucks, a first truck (4) provided with the safe overtaking assembly object of the invention, and a second truck (5), a truck to which it is attempted to overtake.

The safe overtaking assembly that is arranged on the first truck comprises a series of presence sensors that may be associated with lateral light indicators (1), so that there is an object within a radius of close action they are activated, each sensor being of presence associated to each lateral indicator (1) with a two-color indicator light (3).

Therefore, there will be as many two-color indicator lights (3) as signaling sensors as the vehicle counts.

The indicator lights (3), in a preferred but not limiting embodiment, as shown in the figures, are mounted on the rear-view mirror (2) of the truck, and can be mounted in other places, such as the vehicle dashboard.

So that an overtaking maneuver is initiated and duly signaled by activating the turn signal, the indicator lights (3) will be activated either with one color or another color, depending on the activation or not of the presence indicator associated with each indicator light.

A possible choice of the colors associated with each indicator light may be red to indicate that the presence indicator is activated and therefore there is part of the vehicle to be passed (5) that has not been exceeded, or green, indicating that well the presence indicator has not been activated yet or has stopped being activated.

In Figure 1, as there are two light indicators (1) whose presence sensors are activated, two two-color light indicators (3) are

activated in red, while the remaining two-color indicator lights (3) are activated in green.

In figure 2 as the first truck (4) provided with the set of 5 safe overtaking is completely parallel to the second truck (5) or truck to be overtaken, they are all the light indicators (3) activated in red, so that the The set has very valuable information on the relative situation of your truck (4) in relation to the second truck (5).

10 Figure 3 shows once the first truck (4) has completely passed the second truck (5) or truck to be passed, so that all the indicator lights (3) are activated in green.

Describing sufficiently the nature of the present invention, as well as the way of putting it into practice, it is stated that, within its essentiality, it may be implemented in other embodiments that differ in detail from that indicated by way of for example, and to which it will also achieve the protection that is sought, provided that it does not alter, change or modify its fundamental principle.

Claims (3)

1. - Safe overtaking set for vehicles characterized in that 5 comprises a series of lateral light indicators (1) provided with presence sensors, each presence sensor associated with each lateral indicator light (1) with a two-color indicator light (3). 2. - Safe overtaking assembly for vehicles according to claim 1, characterized in that the light indicators (3) are mounted on the rear-view mirror (2) of the truck. 3. - Safe overtaking set for vehicles according to claim 1 or 2 characterized in that the color code of each indicator light (3) 15 is red to indicate that the presence sensor is activated, while it is green to indicate that the presence sensor is not activated.