Patent ID: 6400042
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An anti-theft device for disabling a moving vehicle comprising, a vehicle control unit mounted on said vehicle, said vehicle control unit having a first condition allowing operation of said vehicle and a second condition inhibiting operation of said vehicle, determining means for determining the rate of movement of said vehicle, transmitter means to be carried by an authorized operator of said vehicle, means for sensing the presence of said transmitter means in the vicinity of said vehicle, and means including said determining means responsive to said sensing means sensing that said transmitter means is removed from the vicinity of said vehicle for shifting said vehicle control unit into said second condition upon one of accelerating and decelerating movement of said vehicle through a predetermined rate of movement, wherein said determining means includes means for determining successive accelerations and decelerations of said vehicle through said predetermined rate of movement and said means for shifting said vehicle control unit to said second condition includes means to shift said control unit at a predetermined one of a predetermined number of successive accelerations and decelerations through said predetermined rate of movement.