US 12,083,916 B2
Wheel stopper device
Martin Arlt, Gauting (DE); Torsten Herzog, Munich (DE); Winfried Siegl, Beilngries (DE); and Armin Wagner, Karlsfeld (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/299,419
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/083128
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/114914, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 131 001.3 (DE), filed on Dec. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0055493 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/36 (2019.01); B60L 53/12 (2019.01); B60L 53/38 (2019.01); B60L 53/65 (2019.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/36 (2019.02) [B60L 53/12 (2019.02); B60L 53/38 (2019.02); B60L 53/65 (2019.02); G08G 1/142 (2013.01); G08G 1/146 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheel stopper device, comprising:
a housing which is configured to be placed on a ground surface and to be approached and/or driven over by a motor vehicle non-destructively;
a communication module which is configured to receive control data from an external unit;
a lighting element which is disposed in or on the housing and is configured to emit light which is visible in an environment of the wheel stopper device;
a control unit which is configured to operate the lighting element on a basis of the control data; and
an electrical energy store configured to supply electrical energy to a component of the wheel stopper device for a period of one month, six months, one year, or more than one year.