Patent ID: 7173348
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A system for preventing theft of a vehicle having at least one essential module being essential to mobilization of the vehicle, the system comprising: a control apparatus for controlling operation of the at least one essential module; at least one armored encapsulation, encapsulating said control apparatus and at least a portion of the at least one essential module; and a self-destructing assembly positioned within said at least one armored encapsulation, said self-destructing assembly being designed and constructed so that if said at least one armored encapsulation is at least partially damaged, said self-destructing assembly disintegrates, hence providing said damaging of the at least one essential module; wherein at least one of a shape, configuration, material, size and location of said at least one armored encapsulation within the vehicle is selected so as to prevent accessing said control apparatus without substantially damaging said at least one armored encapsulation and the at least one essential module, thereby preventing the mobilization of the vehicle.