US 12,233,780 B2
Heat index sensing system
Marisol Swain, Perry, FL (US); Jennifer Nicole Arnold, Perry, FL (US); and Alice E. Poseley, Elkhart, IN (US)
Assigned to AMERICAN ALUMINUM ACCESSORIES, LLC, Stevens Point, WI (US)
Filed by American Aluminum Associates, Inc., Perry, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/477,439.
Application 17/477,439 is a continuation of application No. 16/201,418, filed on Nov. 27, 2018, granted, now 11,135,972.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/619,083, filed on Jan. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0001799 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); E05F 15/71 (2015.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); B60R 16/033 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)
CPC B60Q 9/00 (2013.01) [E05F 15/71 (2015.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G08B 21/182 (2013.01); B60R 16/033 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/55 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for determining a heat index of an interior of a vehicle having a vehicle system, the vehicle system being in one of a plurality of conditions, the apparatus comprising:
a plurality of sensors positioned to monitor environmental characteristics of the interior of the vehicle;
a controller operatively coupled to the plurality of sensors, the controller determining the heat index of the interior of the vehicle based on the monitored environmental characteristics of the plurality of sensors;
an input operatively coupled to the vehicle system; and
an alarm system operatively coupled to the controller and the input, the alarm system providing an indication in response to the determined heat index satisfying a first characteristic and the vehicle system being in a first condition of the plurality of conditions and the alarm system being disabled when the vehicle system is in a second condition of the plurality of conditions.