Patent ID: 6952646
Filing Date: 2005-10-04
Classification: B60R,G01S,G08G

Abstract:
1. A device adapted to track a vehicle, said device comprising: a location-determining apparatus configured to be capable of determining a location; a signaling device operably engaged with the location-determining apparatus and adapted to be capable of transmitting a signal, including a location signal corresponding to the location, to a station remotely disposed with respect to the location-determining apparatus; a housing configured to house the location-determining apparatus and the signaling device, the housing being configured to be deployable onto the vehicle from a remote location, the remote location being discrete with respect to the vehicle, while the vehicle is moving; and a securing apparatus operably engaged with the housing, the securing apparatus being configured to secure the housing, deployed from the remote location with respect to the vehicle, onto the moving vehicle so as to allow the vehicle to be remotely tracked from the station in response to the location signal.