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Safety shut-off device for vehicle having a rotary on-off switch

  • US 20070254538A1
  • Filed: 04/10/2007
  • Published: 11/01/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for controlling the operation of an engine of a vehicle when a person falls off the vehicle, of the type having a rotary type ignition switch that may be manually rotated between at least a run and a stop position by means of a removable key having a grip portion that projects from the body of the ignition switch, comprising:

  • means for wirelessly sending a signal from a person on the vehicle to a receiver on the vehicle;

    a receiver, mounted on the vehicle, for receiving a wireless signal;

    means for engaging and rotating the grip portion of said key, sufficient to turn the engine off, responsive to a predetermined change in the strength of said wireless signal at the receiver; and

    , controller means for electromagnetically communicating information between the receiver and the means for engaging and rotating.

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