Motor vehicles – With means for promoting safety of vehicle – its occupant or... – By preventing unauthorized or unintended access or use
Patent
1996-07-25
1998-10-13
Rice, Kenneth R.
Motor vehicles
With means for promoting safety of vehicle, its occupant or...
By preventing unauthorized or unintended access or use
B60R 2500
Patent
active
058198695
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus are disclosed in which a pocket pager or other data transmission device of conventional design is used to disable the starting sequence of a motor vehicle. More precisely, the radio device is connected to pull open a latching relay in the ignition key circuit, and once the pager receives its code all further vehicle restarts are disabled. The vehicle thus remains operational until shut off, and the relay then remains latched open until reset by a concealed push-to-close momentary switch. Alternatively, a second code combination may be transmitted to reset vehicle operation. In application, the signal to the pager will first be preceded by a telephone call from the vehicle leasing, financing or rental agency to a telephone number designated by the vehicle user, and if the response to this phone call is unsatisfactory only then is the pager disabling sequence effected. In this manner the user is first warned, and then the vehicle is disabled only when first shut off.
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