Light assembly for attachment to a surface of a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10744928-B2
Application number	US-201916669108-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 30, 2019
Priority date	Sep 25, 2017
Publication date	Aug 18, 2020
Grant date	Aug 18, 2020

Abstract

A light assembly for attachment to a surface of a vehicle includes a light head having a light including a flood light mode and a spot light mode, a light head terminal in electrical communication with the light, and a first mounting structure. A vehicle base is configured to be removably coupled to the surface of the vehicle. The vehicle base includes a second structure configured to mate with the first mounting structure such that the light head can be removably secured on the vehicle base, and a base terminal configured to mate with the terminal of the light head to provide power to the light when the light head is secured on the vehicle base. A remote is configured to control rotation of the light about first and second axes and to control operation of the flood light mode and the spot light mode.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light assembly for attachment to a surface of a vehicle, the light assembly comprising:
a light head including
a light including a flood light mode and a spot light mode;
a light head terminal in electrical communication with the light, and
a first mounting structure;

a vehicle base configured to be removably coupled to the surface of the vehicle, the vehicle base including
a second structure configured to mate with the first mounting structure such that the light head can be removably secured on the vehicle base,
a base terminal configured to mate with the terminal of the light head to provide power to the light when the light head is secured on the vehicle base; and

a remote to wirelessly control the light,
wherein the light is rotatable relative to the vehicle base about a first axis and about a second axis that is different from the first axis while the light head is secured on the vehicle base, and
wherein the remote is configured to control rotation of the light about the first and second axes and to control operation of the flood light mode and the spot light mode.

2. The light assembly of claim 1 , wherein the light includes a plurality of light emitting diodes and a lens, and wherein the lens has a plurality of total internal reflection lenses.

3. The light assembly of claim 1 , wherein the light head includes a light head base and a yoke, wherein the light is rotatable relative to the yoke about the first axis, and wherein the yoke is rotatable relative to the light head base about the second axis.

4. The light assembly of claim 1 , wherein the remote includes a power button to turn the light on and off.

5. The light assembly of claim 4 , wherein the remote includes a D-pad to control rotation of the light about the first and second axes.

6. The light assembly of claim 5 , wherein the remote includes a mode button to control operation of the flood light mode and the spot light mode.

7. The light assembly of claim 6 , wherein the remote includes a toggle switch to turn the remote on and off, such that when the remote is in the off state, the power button is prevented from turning the light on and off, the D-pad is prevented from rotating the light about the first and second axes, and the mode button is prevented from controlling operation of the flood light mode and the spot light mode.

8. The light assembly of claim 1 , wherein the remote is configured to control a speed at which the light rotates about the first and second axes.

9. The light assembly of claim 7 , wherein the remote includes a joystick to control rotation of the light about the first and second axes and to control the speed at which the light rotates about the first and second axes.

10. The light assembly of claim 1 , wherein the remote includes a home button configured to move the light to a predetermined positioned position with respect to the first and second axes.

11. A light assembly for attachment to a surface of a vehicle, the light assembly comprising:
a light head including
a light including a plurality of light emitting diodes and a lens, the lens having a plurality of total internal reflection lenses;
a light head terminal in electrical communication with the light, and
a first mounting structure;

a vehicle base configured to be coupled to the surface of the vehicle, the vehicle base including
a second structure configured to mate with the first mounting structure such that the light head can be removably secured on the vehicle base,
a base terminal configured to mate with the terminal of the light head to provide power to the light when the light head is secured on the vehicle base; and

a remote to wirelessly control the light.

12. The light assembly of claim 11 , wherein the light includes a flood light mode and a spot light mode, and wherein the remote is configured to wirelessly control operation of the flood light mode and the spot light mode.

13. The light assembly of claim 12 , wherein the remote includes a power button to turn the light on and off and a mode button to control operation of the flood light mode and the spot light mode.

14. The light assembly of claim 13 , wherein the remote includes a toggle switch to turn the remote on and off, such that when the remote is in the off state, the power button is prevented from turning the light on and off, and the mode button is prevented from controlling operation of the flood light mode and the spot light mode.

15. The light assembly of claim 11 , wherein each total internal reflection lens has a truncated frustoconical cross-sectional shape.

16. A light assembly for attachment to a surface of a vehicle, the light assembly comprising:
a vehicle base configured to be coupled to the surface of the vehicle; and
a light including a plurality of light emitting diodes and a lens, the lens having a plurality of total internal reflection lenses,
wherein the light is rotatable relative to the vehicle base about a first axis and about a second axis that is different from the first axis.

17. The light assembly of claim 16 , further comprising a yoke, wherein the light is rotatable relative to the yoke about the first axis, and wherein the yoke is rotatable relative to the vehicle base about the second axis.

18. The light assembly of claim 16 , wherein each total internal reflection lens has a truncated frustoconical cross-sectional shape.

19. The light assembly of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of total internal reflection lenses are integrally molded as part of the lens.

20. The light assembly of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of total internal reflection lenses is arranged in an array of rows.

Assignees

• Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp

Inventors

• Schermerhorn Joshua
• Proeber David
• Adams Josh
• Wenzel Duane W

Classifications

• B60Q1/245 Primary

  Searchlights, e.g. adjustable from within the vehicle (adjustable headlights B60Q1/06) · CPC title

• F21S43/26

  Refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters not provided in groups F21S43/235 - F21S43/255 · CPC title

• B60Q2800/20

  Utility vehicles, e.g. for agriculture, construction work · CPC title

• B60Q1/0088

  Details of electrical connections (B60Q1/305 takes precedence; electrical connection of the light source itself F21S41/192, F21S43/195) · CPC title

• F21W2131/1005

  of working places, building sites or the like · CPC title