Patent ID: 6992569
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: B60K,F02D,F02N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A safety shutdown system for controlling a fluid delivery system, the fluid delivery system including a valve for selectively closing flow between a first and second fluid vessel, and an engine for driving a fluid delivery pump, the safety shutdown system comprising: a timer activated in response to a timer activation signal for timing a countdown interval; one or more sensors responsive to one or more selected fluid delivery characteristics to generate the time activation signal; a timer activation input for selectively inputting the timer activation signal to the timer for selectively enabling the timer; a wireless transmitter for selectively transmitting a timer reset signal to the timer to reset the countdown interval; a controller for automatically closing the valve and killing the engine if the timer times out; and an alarm for activation by the controller prior to the timer timing out; and one or more function activators for activating one or more selected functions in response to a function activation signal from the wireless transmitter.