Warning triangle structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11455918-B2
Application number	US-202016747110-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 20, 2020
Priority date	Dec 10, 2019
Publication date	Sep 27, 2022
Grant date	Sep 27, 2022

Abstract

A warning triangle structure includes a base, a triangle, a number of connecting rods, and a braking device. The triangle includes a bottom end and a top end opposite the bottom end. The bottom end is fixedly mounted to the base. Each of the connecting rods includes a first end and a second end. The first end is fixedly coupled to the base, and the second end is mounted with a rotatable support wheel. The braking device is installed at the second end of at least one of the connecting rods. The braking device includes a transmission shaft coupled to the support wheel. The braking device controls the support wheel to stop rotating by stopping the transmission shaft from rotating.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A warning triangle structure comprising:
a base;
a triangle comprising a bottom end and a top end opposite the bottom end, the bottom end fixedly mounted to the base;
a plurality of connecting rods, each of the plurality of connecting rods comprising a first end and a second end, the first end fixedly coupled to the base, and the second end mounted with a rotatable support wheel; and
a braking device installed at the second end of at least one of the plurality of connecting rods; wherein:
the braking device comprises a rotor, a transmission shaft fixedly coupled to the rotor, an electromagnet, a spring, a brake disc, a friction plate, and a shell;
the shell houses the rotor, the electromagnet, the spring, the brake disc, the friction plate, and a portion of the transmission shaft, a rest of the transmission shaft is outside the shell and coupled to the rotatable support wheel;
the electromagnet, the spring, the brake disc, and the friction plate are sleeved on the transmission shaft in sequence on a same side of the rotor;
the spring is coupled between the electromagnet and the brake disc;
the electromagnet is fixed on the shell, and the electromagnet, the spring, and the brake disc do not rotate with the rotation of the transmission shaft;
the friction plate is fixedly coupled to the transmission shaft and rotates as the transmission shaft rotates;
when the rotor rotates, the electromagnet generates a magnetic force and attracts the brake disc to separate from the friction plate, the spring is compressed, the rotor drives the transmission shaft to rotate, and the transmission shaft drives the rotatable support wheel to rotate;
when the rotor stops rotating, the magnetic force of the electromagnet disappears, the spring restores to cause the brake disc and the friction plate to come in contact, the friction plate stops rotating, the transmission shaft is stopped from rotating, and the rotatable support wheel coupled to the transmission shaft stops rotating.

2. The warning triangle structure of claim 1 , wherein:
an outer surface of the triangle is coated with a reflective material and/or a fluorescent material.

3. The warning triangle structure of claim 1 , wherein:
the triangle comprises three sides connected from end to end and cooperatively defining a through hole.

4. The warning triangle structure of claim 3 , wherein:
the plurality of connecting rods are coupled to opposite sides of the base.

5. The warning triangle structure of claim 4 , wherein:
a quantity of the plurality of connecting rods is three;
one of the plurality of connecting rods is coupled to a middle portion of one side of the base, and the other two of the plurality of connecting rods are respectively coupled to opposite ends of the base on another side of the base.

6. A warning triangle structure comprising:
a base;
a triangle comprising a bottom end and a top end opposite the bottom end, the bottom end fixedly mounted to the base;
a plurality of connecting rods, each of the plurality of connecting rods comprising a first end and a second end, the first end fixedly coupled to the base, and the second end mounted with a rotatable support wheel; and
a worm gear reducer; wherein:
the worm gear reducer comprises a motor, a worm coupled to the motor, a worm gear engaged with the worm, a transmission shaft, and a housing;
the housing receives the worm, the worm gear, and a portion of the transmission shaft, a rest of the transmission shaft is outside the housing and coupled to the rotatable support wheel;
rotation of the motor drives the worm to rotate;
the transmission shaft comprises a front end and a rear end;
the front end is coupled to the worm gear, and the rear end is coupled to the rotatable support wheel;
when the motor rotates to drive the worm to rotate, the worm drives the worm gear to rotate, the worm gear drives the transmission shaft to rotate through the front end, and the rotatable support wheel coupled to the transmission shaft is driven to rotate;
when the motor stops rotating, the worm coupled to the motor stops rotating, the worm gear stops rotating, the transmission shaft coupled to the worm gear stops rotating, and the rotatable support wheel stops rotating.

7. The warning triangle structure of claim 6 , wherein:
an outer surface of the triangle is coated with a reflective material and/or a fluorescent material.

8. The warning triangle structure of claim 6 , wherein:
the triangle comprises three sides connected from end to end and cooperatively defining a through hole.

9. The warning triangle structure of claim 8 , wherein:
the plurality of connecting rods are coupled to opposite sides of the base.

10. The warning triangle structure of claim 9 , wherein:
a quantity of the plurality of connecting rods is three;
one of the plurality of connecting rods is coupled to a middle portion of one side of the base, and the other two of the plurality of connecting rods are respectively coupled to opposite ends of the base on another side of the base.

Assignees

• Fulian Prec Electronics Tianjin Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chien Yu-Ching
• Tseng Chuang-Wei

Classifications

• G09F13/0472

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• B60Q7/005 Primary

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• G09F13/16 Primary

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• G09F19/22 Primary

  Advertising or display means on roads, walls or similar surfaces, e.g. illuminated · CPC title

• G09F13/20

  with luminescent surfaces or parts (luminescent compositions C09K11/00; light sources using luminescence F21K2/00) · CPC title