Patent ID: 7631950
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle-stopping apparatus for use with a remote device and first and second vehicles each having a plurality of wheels rotatably carried by a body and a fluid pressurized braking system having a first conduit fluidically coupled to a fully-pressurized braking fluid source and a second conduit fluidically coupled between a foot pedal valve and a plurality of service braking mechanisms so as to permit remote stopping of the vehicle when the vehicle is traveling on a roadway, comprising a portable assembly adapted for use on the first and second vehicles and having a brake actuation device and a remotely operable controller, the brake actuation device being provided with a first device conduit having first and second ends and a second device conduit having first and second ends and a valving mechanism coupled between the first device conduit and the second device conduit, the portable assembly being configured for sequential securement to the first and second vehicles by having a compact size and shape and including a pair of first connector means carried by respective ends of the first device conduit for detachably coupling the first device conduit to the first conduit of the vehicle so as to permit fully-pressurized fluid to travel through the brake actuation device and a pair of second connector means carried by respective ends of the second device conduit for detachably coupling the second device conduit to the second conduit for permitting selectively pressurized fluid from the foot pedal valve to travel through the brake actuation device, the remotely operable controller being operably configured to control the brake actuation device and adapted for receiving electromagnetic control signals from the remote device for causing the valving mechanism to direct fully-pressurized fluid from the first conduit to the second conduit so as to activate the plurality of service braking mechanisms to provide maximum braking force for stopping the vehicle whereby the portable assembly can be used to retrofit the vehicle and inhibit hijacking of the vehicle.