Patent ID: 9550453
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: B60Q,F21S,F21V,Y10T

Claim:
1. A self-powered light bar for mounting to a vehicle, the light bar comprising: a housing including: two or more lenses in the housing, and a second pattern of keys formed as part of an interior of the housing; two or more emergency lighting assemblies mounted on one or more circuit boards disposed within the housing, wherein the one or more circuit boards include a first pattern of keys that mates to the second pattern of keys that is formed as part of the interior of the housing itself, such that each of the two or more emergency lighting assemblies corresponds to an individual lens of the two or more lenses in the housing; solar cells mated with the housing for providing power to the two or more emergency lighting assemblies; a storage device also mated with the housing and in communication with the solar cells for storing energy generated by the solar cells when the energy is not being used by the two or more emergency lighting assemblies; a controller mounted within the housing for controlling the two or more emergency lighting assemblies and for coordinating the flow of energy to the two or more emergency lighting assemblies from the solar cells and the storage device; and a receiver mounted within the housing for wirelessly communicating with a control head in a passenger compartment of the vehicle.