US 11,938,862 B2
Remote vehicle hazard and communication beacon
John Zachariah Cobb, Seabrook, TX (US); Daniel Anthony Tucker, Santee, CA (US); David M. Tucker, Katy, TX (US); Stephen T. Powers, Houston, TX (US); Austin Reece Tucker, Katy, TX (US); Kenneth E. Wagner, Broken Arrow, OK (US); and Mike Incorvaia, Hendersonville, TN (US)
Assigned to ESS-Help, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by ESS-HELP, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/493,441.
Application 17/493,441 is a continuation of application No. 16/834,547, filed on Mar. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,135,968.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/825,345, filed on Mar. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0024375 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/46 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 1/46 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0215 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an interface to a vehicle wiring harness configured to detect that vehicle emergency indicators have been deployed;
a plurality of separately strobe capable light segments forming a hazard symbol;
a microcontroller controlling operation of the plurality of separately strobe capable light segments;
wherein the microcontroller activates the plurality of separately strobe capable light segments in a strobing manner in response to detection that vehicle emergency indicators have been deployed;
wherein the interface to a vehicle wiring harness is a wired tether to the vehicle; and
wherein the microcontroller can detect disconnection of the tether and activates the plurality of separately strobe capable light segments in a strobing manner in response to detection of disconnection of the tether.