Patent ID: 6693525
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
A brake lighting system for a motor vehicle comprising:a pressure sensitive pad being mounted to a vehicle behind a brake pedal such that said brake pedal engages said pad when said brake pedal is depressed and a circuit is closed; a microprocessor being operationally coupled to said pad; a power supply being operationally coupled to said microprocessor; a plurality of brake lights being mounted on said motor vehicle, said brake lights being operationally coupled to said microprocessor, wherein said brake lights are steadily illuminated when said circuit is closed; a plurality of auxiliary lights being mounted on said motor vehicle, said auxiliary lights being operationally coupled to said microprocessor, said auxiliary lights flashing when said circuit is closed; and wherein said pressure sensitive pad comprises a housing having a pair of oppositely positioned contacts facing each other, said housing comprising an elastomeric material, wherein a circuit is closed when said contacts abut each other, said pressure sensitive pad comprising at least one biasing member positioned between a rear wall of said pressure sensitive pad and one of said contacts such that said biasing member biases the associated one of the contacts against the other one of said contacts when said pressure sensitive pad is engaged by said brake pedal.