US 12,325,348 B2
Emergency lights assembly for emergency vehicles provided with an air conditioning unit
Yannick Tassé, Varennes (CA); Gabriel Renaud, Laval (CA); Yvon Blais, St-Jean-Baptiste (CA); Patrick Bérubé, Sainte-Madeleine (CA); Vincent St-Pierre, Saint-Hyacinthe (CA); Luc Bourgeois, Terrebonne (CA); François Couillard, Blainville (CA); Vincent Faucher, Saint-Hippolyte (CA); and Jean-Frédéric Beaudoin, Boisbriand (CA)
Assigned to DEMERS, AMBULANCE MANUFACTURER INC./DEMERS, MANUFACTURIER D'AMBULANCES INC., Beloeil (CA)
Filed by DEMERS, AMBULANCE MANUFACTURER INC./ DEMERS, MANUFACTURIER D'AMBULANCES INC., Beloeil (CA)
Filed on Mar. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/596,182.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/488,611, filed on Mar. 6, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0300402 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/52 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 1/0017 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00414 (2013.01); B60H 1/00521 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0041 (2013.01); B60Q 1/2611 (2013.01); B60Q 1/52 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An emergency lights assembly for an emergency vehicle, that is provided with an air conditioning (AC) unit, the assembly comprising:
an aerodynamic casing defined by a central portion and two side portions, each extending on a respective lateral side of the central portion; the casing being both i) mechanically uncoupled from the AC unit, and ii) shaped to define a volume adjacent the central portion, between the two side portions, for receiving in the volume at least part of the AC unit;
two lens assemblies, defined by translucid walls of the casing, each of the two lens assemblies extending along at least part of a respective one of the two side portions and along at least part of the central portion;
two lodgings in the casing, each adjacent a respective one of the two lens assemblies and defining an emergency light-receiving compartment;
an opening in the central portion of the casing that is in fluid communication with the volume;
whereby, the opening in the central portion defining an air inlet for the AC unit when the casing is mounted to the emergency vehicle so that the AC unit is positioned at least partly in the volume.