Cruise control cancel device for passengers in vehicles

• US 20090281703A1
• Filed: 05/12/2008
• Published: 11/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hudson Meilleur
• Original Assignee: Hudson Meilleur
• Inventors: Meilleur, Robert A.
• Application Number:
  US12/151,993
• Publication Number:
  US 20090281703A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/93
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 31/00 Vehicle fittings, acting on a single sub-unit only, for automatically controlling vehicle speed, i.e. preventing speed from exceeding an arbitrarily established velocity or maintaining speed at a particular velocity, as selected by the vehicle operator fittings acting on two or more sub-units B60W30/14; speedometers G01P; systems or devices for controlling speed in general G05D13/00 ; in traffic anti-collision system for road vehicles G08G1/16
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 7/14 operated upon collapse of driver deadman's devices for electrically propelled vehicles B60L3/02

Abstract

If something drastic happens to the driver of a vehicle that is on CRUISE CONTROL, the passenger(s) has few options to disengage said feature: he can turn off the ignition key possibly locking the steering wheel; he can depress the brake or clutch if he can access them. In the meantime, the vehicle is speeding along out of control. I propose a CRUISE CONTROL CANCEL DEVICE somewhere on the passenger area of the vehicle.

Claims

1. I claim this will prevent accidents.

2. I claim this will save lives.

3. I claim this would be a good safety selling point.