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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6229436 | Anti-theft device for vehicles An anti-theft device for vehicles including a plurality of flashing lights disposed around a periphery of a windshield of a vehicle. The flashing lights are in communication with sensors disposed intermittently within the vehicle. The flashing lights are ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6222442 | Vehicle trunk compartment emergency release and warning system and method In a preferred embodiment, an apparatus for detecting the presence of, and providing for the release of, a person in a vehicle trunk compartment, including: a presence detector system to detect motion in the vehicle trunk compartment; and upon detection o... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6218742 | Selective ignition switch A selective ignition switch for a vehicle provided with two motors is disclosed herein. The selective ignition switch includes a selective switch assembly, a lock assembly to energize the selective switch assembly and a key to toggle the lock assembly. Th... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6218932 | Antitheft device for a motor vehicle and method for operating the antitheft device A first challenge signal whose reception power is measured in a portable code transmitter is transmitted by a vehicle-mounted transmission unit. Subsequently, a second challenge signal is transmitted under changed transmission conditions, and the receptio... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6206130 | Vehicle anti-theft device A vehicle anti-theft device for controlling the operation of an electric fuel pump in the fuel tank of motor vehicles which includes a relay that is located in the fuel pump assembly and controlled by a radio-frequency receiver. The radio frequency-receiv... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6204570 | Method for initializing an anti-theft system of a motor vehicle A number (n) of keys is assigned to an anti-theft system. In order to initialize the anti-theft system, at least the number minus one (n-1) keys must be present so that new coding data can be formed using the previous coding data. During the initializatio... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6202008 | Vehicle computer system with wireless internet connectivity A vehicle computer system has a housing sized to be mounted in a vehicle dashboard or other appropriate location. A computer is mounted within the housing and executes an open platform, multi-tasking operating system. The computer runs multiple applicatio... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6201317 | Device with a key-operated lock cylinder and with an electrical switching device, in particular an electronic lock for preventing a vehicle from being driven away A device with a key-operated lock cylinder acts on a switching device as a function of the turning of a key. In addition to the key channel for holding the associated key and the tumblers, the cylinder core has a permanent magnet on its periphery. Similar... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6194991 | Remote keyless entry rolling code storage method A remote keyless entry system stores critical data for synchronization in a plurality of memory locations at the receiver. When a transmission is received, the received data is validated using the critical data from a first memory location. In the event t... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6194997 | Antitheft system for a motor vehicle An antitheft system for a motor vehicle includes an interior monitoring device and a transceiver unit which are intended to detect the presence of a person or of a key in the interior of the motor vehicle and which are activated as soon as a door is close... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6188140 | Immobilizer system-mounting vehicle and member used for the immobilizer system An operation member containing a transmitter for an immobilizer or receiver for the immobilizer, is indicated to a user so that the user may carefully handle the operation menber. An ignition key (1) has a grip (3) and a key plate (2) protruding from the ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6184780 | Vehicle security system having enhanced valet feature and related methods A vehicle security system includes a controller being switchable to a valet mode based upon determining a plurality of successive activations of a valet switch with each activation comprising at least one operation of the valet switch, and based upon dete... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6184779 | Vehicle security system having wireless function-programming capability A vehicle security system for performing selectable vehicle security functions that are programmable in a wireless manner. The system has a microcontroller controlling a vehicle security interface including at least a siren control unit and a vehicle head... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6181238 | Panic button alarm actuator An improved panic button apparatus suitable for use in various vehicle monitoring systems. The apparatus includes a portable transmitter in wireless communication with a receiver located on-board the vehicle. The transmitter includes a manual actuator, ty... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6181252 | Remote control system and method having a system-specific code In a remote control system having a transmitter and a receiver, a rolling code is ciphered to generate a ciphered rolling code by repeating, n times, an exclusive-OR operation on a constant code in a rolling code table and the rolling code as well as an-m... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6181025 | Integral interrogator-coil circuit An integrated, flexible interrogator-coil circuit provides security for the type of lock opened by a key that transmits a coded signal to an interrogator circuit associated with the lock. When the key is inserted into the lock, a coil in the key is brough... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6181024 | Device for locking and unlocking a door lock A device for locking and unlocking a door lock provided with a door handle on an object, in particular a motor vehicle, has a transmitter unit arranged on the object and a transponder unit assigned to a user. Different methods of operating the device are ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6170595 | Device for protecting a motor vehicle controller against illicit exchange An apparatus for preventing the replacement of a control unit, present in a motor vehicle, by an unauthorized person. The apparatus includes a function-inhibiting device, associated with a connection between the control unit and the connector element of a... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6172431 | Vehicle entry transmitter with conformable switch tip The present invention provides an improved vehicle entry transmitter that can be used as a transmitter to lock and unlock vehicle doors, turn an alarm on and off, and/or disable and enable the vehicle. The present invention provides a vehicle entry transm... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6172430 | Device for locking and unlocking a door of a motor vehicle A device for locking and unlocking a door of a motor vehicle. The device includes a transmitting unit located on the motor vehicle and at least one transponder with an access authorization code assigned to a user. To allow flexible adjustment to different... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6166625 | Pyroelectric intrusion detection in motor vehicles Pyroelectric detector systems may be used in vehicles for security applications, such as intrusion detection and anti-theft alarms. The pyroelectric detectors are small in size, highly reliable and consume very low power. They can be physically and electr... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6163251 | System and method for vehicle theft prevention and recovery A vehicle theft prevention and recovery system is activated by a pager upon receiving a telephonic signal from a pager service, in response to a call from a vehicle owner or operator, to activate anti-theft means including a warning to a thief in the vehi... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6157293 | Device for detecting the intrusion of a body in a predetermined space The device comprises a transmitter (7) transmitting ultrasound into a predetermined space (5), a sensor (8) which senses the echoes from the transmission by the transmitter into the space in order to deliver a signal representative of the echoes, and elec... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6154694 | Data carrier system An electrical control unit for a vehicle successively writes operation data of the vehicle in a transponder provided in a key used for starting the vehicle. At the same time, the electric control unit successively writes the same operation data in a memor... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6150927 | Anti-vandalism detector and alarm system An anti-vandalism detection and alarm system is disclosed for detecting and reporting the scratching of relatively hard materials such as glass and plastic which generate characteristic sound or vibration frequencies during scratching, and for detecting a... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6150926 | Vehicle security system including indicator mounted to window antenna unit and related methods A vehicle security system includes a first housing for positioning adjacent the front windshield area of the vehicle, and an antenna carried by the first housing for receiving signals from the at least one remote transmitter. The security system also incl... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6147598 | Vehicle theft system including a handheld computing device A method and apparatus for providing a vehicle theft alarm using a handheld computing device. A handheld computing device is disclosed that includes an image capture device, a location determination system and a communication device. The handheld computin... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6144112 | Fuel pump immobilization The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for a motor vehicle security system relating to immobilizing and enabling of a fuel pump for a motor vehicle engine. The system comprises data input means for receiving driver verification data, a... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6144294 | Car antitheft apparatus To prevent a theft of a car with a forged key, the start of an engine is permitted irrespective of the result of judgement of start judging means for a predetermined time after a key switch is turned on and the engine is stopped after the passage of the p... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6144293 | Procedure for operating a security system A security device (2) of a security system which a user can unlock by means of a transmitter unit (1) normally can also be unlocked by unauthorized users utilizing the transmitter unit (1). The new procedure acording to the invention is to allow only auth... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6144111 | Current breaker for a vehicle battery lead In a current interrupter for a battery lead for motor vehicles, with a contact element between the two connecting parts for their electrical connection and with an auxiliary drive for separating the two connecting parts, contact element applies only a tra... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6133648 | Apparatus for selectively enabling or disabling an actuatable occupant protection device The present invention provides an apparatus (10) for selectively enabling or disabling an actuatable vehicle occupant protection device (18). The apparatus (10) includes a cylindrical housing (80) having an inner sidewall portion (88), which has an annula... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6133646 | Door-lock device for vehicle When a control unit for controlling a 2-motor-3-relay type locking system makes a transition to, for example, an N/L (lock) state, the two motors are turned on or off such that operation timings of the motors are shifted from each other by a period of tim... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6131051 | Interface between a base module and a detachable faceplate in an in-dash automotive accessory Described herein is an in-dash automotive accessory having a detachable faceplate with a keypad and a medium resolution color graphics display. The graphic display has a rectangular array of addressable pixels. A serial interface is used to transfer data ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6130604 | Anti-theft system for vehicles To prevent the engine from becoming able to be started by a cut-off of the communication line, for example, an engine control ECU 20 contains a reference code which is used to compare with a personal ID code transmitted from a transponder 12 of a key 10. ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6127923 | Antitheft alarm system for a car having a car stereo An alarm device is provided in a car. A criminal act such as braking of a window of the car is detected and a criminal act signal is produced. In accordance with the criminal act signal, the alarm device is operated. When an ignition switch of the car is ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6121891 | Passive proximity transceiver having an improved casing The casing of a passive proximity transceiver includes a protrusion which extends from the main body of the casing to prevent metal objects from touching the main body, where they would otherwise be close enough to interfere with reception of signals tran... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6107914 | Vehicle anti-theft and anti-vandalism alarm A vehicle anti-theft and anti-vandalism alarm system (10) having a vehicle monitor which comprises at least one vehicle battery (12), at least one vehicle microprocessor (14) electrically connected to the at least one vehicle battery (12), a vehicle trans... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6107694 | Baffler--Model A --an automobile anti-theft device The Baffler is a small and simple assembly of modified common use components hidden within the steering column enclosure. Said components are attached to the upper and lower sections of a cut automobile steering rod and controlled by a mechanical linkage ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6107929 | Center cluster module A center cluster module which checks connection failures of connectors and for problems in electronic components after electronic components have been inserted into connection slot portions and informs the worker of connection status of the individual ele... | 08/22/2000 |
