US 12,358,420 B2
Display system for use in conjunction with driver protection apparatus
Christopher Taylor, Maidenhead (GB); and Lucas Di Grassi, Monaco (MC)
Assigned to Impressive Ideas Limited, London (GB)
Appl. No. 16/960,961
Filed by Impressive Ideas Limited, London (GB)
PCT Filed Jan. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/050082
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 9, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/138247, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1800423 (GB), filed on Jan. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0361316 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60R 16/03 (2006.01); B60R 21/11 (2006.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/2661 (2013.01); B60Q 1/543 (2022.05); B60R 16/03 (2013.01); B60R 21/11 (2013.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/167 (2024.01); B60K 2360/332 (2024.01); B60K 2360/338 (2024.01); B60K 2360/349 (2024.01); B60Q 1/5035 (2022.05)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle, said vehicle comprising:
a driver protection apparatus located at or adjacent to a position of a driver's head when operating the vehicle,
said driver protection apparatus including a plurality of frame members selectively located or formed integrally with a body of the vehicle,
a visual display system including one or a plurality of light sources located on at least one of said plurality of frame members which are selectively operated to provide an indication of available power of the vehicle, and
wherein the visual display system and the vehicle interact to allow signals of information relating to the available power of the vehicle to be sent from the vehicle to the visual display system to operate the one or more light sources to indicate an increase of the available power to move the vehicle to a power boost mode at a particular instant of time and to automatically send a signal of information indicating a change to the power boost mode of operation of the vehicle to change the visual display system for a duration of a provision of the power boost mode of the available power of the vehicle.