US 11,887,451 B2
Hazard detector with optical status indicator
Matthew J. Buchholz, Canon City, CO (US); and Kenneth J. Mott, Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Assigned to CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed by Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed on May 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/747,519.
Application 17/747,519 is a continuation of application No. 16/629,838, granted, now 11,354,995, previously published as PCT/US2018/041267, filed on Jul. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/530,728, filed on Jul. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0277634 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G08B 17/117 (2006.01); G08B 5/38 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 17/117 (2013.01) [G08B 5/38 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A life safety device comprising:
a housing;
a detector for detecting one or more conditions, the one or more conditions including at least one smoke and carbon monoxide;
an actuatable mechanism movably coupled to the housing;
a light assembly including a first light source operable to transmit light at an exterior of the housing through the actuatable mechanism, the first light source being operable in response to detection of at least one of the one or more conditions; and
a second light source operable to transmit light at an exterior of the housing, the second light source being remote from the first light source, wherein the second light source is operable as an ambient light sensor.