Communications: electrical – Land vehicle alarms or indicators – Of burglary or unauthorized use
Patent
1993-05-17
1998-09-08
Hofsass, Jeffery A.
Communications: electrical
Land vehicle alarms or indicators
Of burglary or unauthorized use
3404255, 340542, 340430, 307 103, B60R 2510
Patent
active
058050540
ABSTRACT:
An automobile theft prevention system including a bistable switching device that receives a voltage input, delivers and controls a voltage output to drive an essential electrical circuit in the engine electrical system of an automobile. The system has circuitry coupled with the switches of the standard door switch circuit installed on automobiles associated with interior lighting. When a door is opened, circuitry of the system will be actuated thereby, to sequentially activate visible alarm devices, electrically shut down the engine and activate audible alarms. Entering a coded signal before opening a door prevents shutting down of the engine. When the engine shuts down by opening a door or by depressing a panic button on a code impulse device, it requires the entry of a coded signal to be restarted, as well as to turn off the visible and audible alarms. When the engine is turned off manually through the ignition key, the user may enter a code to program it to be restarted through the system or to bypass the system for direct start up. The system is continuously in the armed position whether the engine is running or in a state or rest but, the shut down function may be programmed to be active or inactive for any given period of time.
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Hofsass Jeffery A.
Pope Daryl C.
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