Field installable light curtain side status module

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11854377
APP PUB NO 20230064404A1
SERIAL NO

17823312

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Apparatus and associated methods relate to a side-mounted field-installable indication module (SMFIIM) configured to reflect a status of a manufacturing area (e.g., a status of a machine, status of a light curtain). In an illustrative example, the SMFIIM may include a light emitting module configured to emit a visual indicium corresponding to the status of the manufacturing area, and a coupling member configured to be releasably captured within a longitudinally extending channel of a housing of a light curtain. After installation, for example, the SMFIIM may be disposed on a side of and substantially parallel to the housing. The light emitting module may emit the visual indicium in an emitting plane oriented at an angle less than 90° to a plane tangential to a mounting surface of the light curtain housing. Various embodiments may advantageously provide a wide viewing angle of the light emitting module around the lighting curtain.

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BANNER ENGINEERING CORP9714 TENTH AVENUE NORTH MINNEAPOLIS MN 55441

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dolezalek, Charles Stacy, US 10 28
Eliason, Scott Minneapolis, US 6 69
Erickson, Dean Minneapolis, US 15 82
Gelineau, Matthew Michael Minneapolis, US 6 19
Klesk, John Minneapolis, US 14 281
Olsen, Nick Minneapolis, US 1 0
Theunissen, William Minneapolis, US 5 7

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