Patent Publication Number: US-2019197868-A1

Title: Carbon Monoxide Detection, Warning, and Mitigation Assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to detection, warning, and mitigation assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new detection, warning, and mitigation assembly for a vehicle. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a control module, a plurality of bulbs, and a plurality of sensors. The control module is configured to couple to a vehicle and is operationally couplable to an electronic controller of the vehicle. The bulbs and the sensors are configured to couple to an interior surface of the vehicle and are operationally coupled to the control module. The sensors are configured to measure a carbon monoxide level in a passenger compartment of the vehicle and to communicate the carbon monoxide level to the control module. The control module is positioned to compel the bulbs to illuminate and the audio system to emit an audible alert to notify the occupants, and to lower the windows of the vehicle to ventilate the passenger compartment. The control module also is configured to compel the electronic controller to turn off the ignition. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is an isometric perspective view of a carbon monoxide detection, warning, and mitigation assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a top view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a detail view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 4  thereof, a new detection, warning, and mitigation assembly embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 4 , the carbon monoxide detection, warning, and mitigation assembly  10  generally comprises a control module  12  that is configured to couple to a vehicle. The control module  12  is operationally couplable to an electronic controller of the vehicle. The control module  12  is configured to selectively compel the electronic controller to manipulate an audio system, an ignition, and windows of the vehicle. In one embodiment, the control module  12  is configured to position in an engine compartment of the vehicle. In another embodiment, the control module  12  is substantially rectangularly box shaped. 
     A plurality of bulbs  14  is configured to couple to an interior surface of the vehicle. The bulbs  14  are operationally coupled to the control module  12 . In one embodiment, the bulbs  14  emit red light. In another embodiment, the plurality of bulbs  14  comprises one bulb  14  that is configured to position on a dashboard of the vehicle. 
     A plurality of sensors  16  is configured to couple to the interior surface of the vehicle. The sensors  16  are operationally coupled to the control module  12 . The sensors  16  are configured to measure a carbon monoxide level in a passenger compartment of the vehicle and to communicate the carbon monoxide level to the control module  12 . In one embodiment, the plurality of sensors  16  comprises two sensors  16 . The control module  12  is positioned, in event that the carbon monoxide level exceeds a first threshold level, to compel the bulbs  14  to illuminate to visually alert occupants. The control module  12  is configured, in event that the carbon monoxide level exceeds the first threshold level, to compel the electronic controller to compel the audio system to emit an audible alert to notify the occupants and to lower the windows of the vehicle to ventilate the passenger compartment to lower the carbon monoxide level. The control module  12  is configured, in event that the carbon monoxide level exceeds a second threshold level, to compel the electronic controller to turn off the ignition. 
     In use, the control module  12  is operationally couplable to the electronic controller of the vehicle so that the control module  12  is configured to selectively compel the electronic controller to manipulate the audio system, the ignition, and the windows of the vehicle. The sensors  16  are configured to measure the carbon monoxide level in the passenger compartment of the vehicle and to communicate the carbon monoxide level to the control module  12 . The control module  12  is positioned, in event that the carbon monoxide level exceeds the first threshold level, to compel the bulbs  14  to illuminate to visually alert the occupants. The control module  12  is configured to compel the electronic controller to compel the audio system to emit the audible alert to notify the occupants and to lower the windows of the vehicle to ventilate the passenger compartment to lower the carbon monoxide level. The control module  12  is configured, in event that the carbon monoxide level exceeds the second threshold level, to compel the electronic controller to turn off the ignition. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.