Monitor display system

Claim 1

A monitor display system for an engine powered vehicle having an electrical circuit for providing a source of energy, the monitor display system capable of signalling to the vehicle operator a problem or fault with one or more of the operating conditions and comprising the following electrically connected to the circuit: a pair of sensing switches mounted at each operating condition to be monitored, each sensing switch having a respective predetermined actuation setting different from the other sensing switch to detect the severity of a changing operating condition; a fault lamp monitor display assembly comprising: a face plate having openings of predetermined sizes and shapes formed therein, a first level warning unit connected to the rear of said face plate including a lamp visible through an opening to the front thereof when energized, a second level warning unit connected to the rear of said face plate including a lamp visible through an opening to the front thereof when energized, an audible warning unit connected to the rear of said face plate and audible when energized, a housing including lamp compartments connected to the rear of of said face plate, a fault lamp module connected to the rear of said housing and including a plurality of fault indicating lamps each extended into a said compartment and visible through an opening to the front of said face plate when energized, a fault lamp circuit mounted in said fault lamp module and electrically connecting each fault lamp to a said respective pair of sensing devices whereby upon an operating condition occuring which activates one of said pair of sensing devices, a fault lamp identified with the operating condition is energized; and a logic module containing a logic circuit electrically connected to said fault lamp circuit, said first and second level warning units, and to said audible warning unit, said logic module electrically operable to discern which sensing device of said pair of sensing devices is activated and to concurrently energize either of said level warning units and said audible warning unit to indicate to the operator the severity of the particular operating condition at fault.