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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8044788 | Warning system generating warning of disengagement of parking brake of motor vehicle A warning system and a method for alerting a driver of a vehicle that the parking brake of the vehicle is not engaged by generating a warning when the following conditions are simultaneously fulfilled: the ignition of the vehicle is on, the driver access door of the... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7331071 | Method and apparatus for detecting the presence or absence of a person on a flexible support A method and apparatus is disclosed for sensing when a person is disposed on or arises from a support that flexes or sags when a person is disposed thereon. Such supports include beds, supports for a mattress or a seat, such as a sling-type seat found on wheelchairs... | 02/19/2008 |
| 6943675 | Locomotive hand brake alarm A hand brake system (40) for a rail vehicle providing a hand brake position alarm (76) before a train is moved with a hand brake not fully released. A switch (56) detects the position of a hand brake drive chain (18) to provide a brake en... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6515585 | Reminder system A reminder system operating at a specified location is provided. When an information ID (such as an "address C, B, AA, and bookstore") transmitted from a small antenna station agrees with information (such as an "address C, B, AA, and bookstore") stored i... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6439754 | Glittering pedal device A glittering pedal device equipped on the surface of the gas and brake pedal of an automobile. A plurality of clips on the circumference of the pedal. This device can be fixed on gas and brake pedals through these clips. On top of this device there is a l... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6246313 | Method and device for operating a braking device in motor vehicles The invention relates to a method and to a device for operating a braking system in motor vehicles including both a service brake and a parking brake in which an acoustic signal is given when the vehicle is held in the stopped condition exclusively by the... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6166631 | Method and apparatus for alerting a vehicle driver of an operating condition A method and apparatus for alerting a vehicle driver of a primary operating condition in a vehicle, includes detecting the primary operating condition. A primary warning indicator is then activated when the primary operating condition is detected. When a ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5863112 | Emergency brake illuminator An emergency brake illuminator for a motor vehicle comprising in combination (a) an emergency brake having a means for activating said brake, (b) a light located on the means for activating said brake, and (c) means for turning on said light when the vehi... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5694113 | Emergency brake monitor An emergency brake monitor including a front cover formed with an opening at an upper portion thereof, a plurality of perforations below the opening, and a circular recess at one side thereof, a ball-shaped member formed with a radial bell-shaped neck hav... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5663706 | Transition alert systems for automotive vehicles An automotive vehicle alert system for indicating changes in vehicle operation mode. The automotive vehicle rear end collision prevention system includes a power source, brake switching apparatus connected in series to the power source and responsive to t... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5541572 | Vehicle on board television system An automobile onboard television system by which a normal television picture is displayed only when the automobile is stopped, as a safety feature. An image display condition of the television is switched over in response to an image display switching sig... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5514048 | Interlocked control lever system with engine starting interlock circuit for an off-highway implement A directional control system for an off-highway implement including a self-propelled engine with a transmission assembly connected thereto for operation in a multitude of speed ranges. The directional control system includes an electrical power source, an... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5394137 | Vehicle parking brake detection and warning system A computer based parking brake detection and warning system and method includes pressure sensors for sensing a pressure in a parking brake line to detect that a parking brake has been activated. The computer waits a predetermined period of time after dete... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5219413 | Engine idle shut-down controller A controller for preventing unnecessary idling of a vehicle engine, such as when the vehicle is left unattended with the engine idling. The controller includes a motion detector having a predetermined detection pattern directed to the driver's position wi... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5146407 | Apparatus responsive to a vehicle's parking brake switch to enable operation of other apparatus A vehicle stop detecting apparatus including a detecting device for detecting a parking brake inoperative condition in a vehicle, and a signal generating device for generating a vehicle stop signal when a parking brake operative condition is generated aft... | 09/08/1992 |
| 4967182 | Parking brake warning device for over the road tractor trailers A warning device for generating a warning signal when the driver of an over the road tractor-trailer vacates the cab without setting the parking brake. A pressure sensor is used to sense the pressure on the air ride seat and to close an electric switch el... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4896007 | Switching apparatus with an electrically conductive operating bar In a combination of a switching apparatus with a pivotable actuating lever, the apparatus includes an electrically conductive base having two opposing rising walls and an electrically conductive operating bar supported slidably between the rising walls of... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4871994 | Alarm apparatus for automatic transmission vehicle To prevent an automatic transmission vehicle from creeping when the engine is started with the shift lever set to Neutral position, an alarm is produced when the shift lever is set to shift positions other than Park position and simultaneously the ignitio... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4855709 | System of alarm to make aware about bad condition of car An electrical alarm system is provided for automobiles for warning about defective conditions or malfunctions. The system includes electrical circuits, including switches responsive to certain conditions in the automobile, such as when the parking brake i... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4353055 | Alarming apparatus of vehicle A vehicle such as an automobile comprises various auxiliary devices for implementing auxiliary functions such as electrical equipment, windows, doors, a parking brake, a transmission and the like, in addition to a principal scheme for a running operation ... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4185268 | Pilot lamp mechanism of a parking brake circuit This invention relates to a parking brake pilot lamp mechanism which, when a parking brake of a car is actuated, turns on not only a brake warning lamp of an electric circuit but also a rear pilot lamp, and specifically to the mechanism of the type wherei... | 01/22/1980 |
