REMOTE-CONTROLLED VEHICLE GEAR STICK LOCKING DEVICE

• US 20110037577A1
• Filed: 08/11/2009
• Published: 02/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MEI HWA Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: MEI HWA Technology Corporation
• Inventors: CHIU, PEI-CHENG
• Application Number:
  US12/539,596
• Publication Number:
  US 20110037577A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/426.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/10 actuating a signalling device

Abstract

A remote-controlled vehicle gear stick locking device includes a gear stick lock and a control host. The gear stick lock is driven by a power unit that is controlled by the control host to carry out locking and unlocking operations. The control host is coupled to an alarm host of a theft alarm device built in the vehicle. Thus, the original function of a remote control emitter of a vehicle theft alarm device for setting and releasing release various anti-theft alarming equipments of the vehicle is preserved, while the remote control emitter of the vehicle theft alarm device can also be used in remote control of locking and unlocking operations of the gear stick lock, so as to upgrade the performance of the gear stick lock for improving operability and security for anti-theft of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A remote-controlled vehicle gear stick locking device, comprising:

a gear stick lock, which is selectively driven by a power unit to carry out locking or unlocking operation; and

a control host, which comprises at least a CPU based automatic control circuit, which is connected to a power supply and voltage regulation system and a power drive system and is adapted to couple to an alarm host of a theft alarm device built in a vehicle;

wherein the CPU based automatic control circuit of the control host detects a signal output from the alarm host of the theft alarm device so that when the alarm host performs a setting or releasing operation of a anti-theft equipment of the vehicle, the CPU based automatic control circuit of the control host detects the signal output from the alarm host and the control host issues a signal that makes the power unit coupled thereto operating in a forward sense or a backward sense to have the gear stick lock locked or unlocked simultaneously with the setting or releasing operation of the anti-theft equipment.

2. The remote-controlled vehicle gear stick locking device according to claim 1, wherein the CPU based automatic control circuit detects a signal of setting or releasing operation of two or more than two anti-theft equipments controlled by the alarm host of the theft alarm device of the vehicle before the CPU based automatic control circuit issues an instruction to activate the power drive system to supply power output in order to ensure correct operation of the power drive system and reduce the chance of fault operation.

3. The remote-controlled vehicle gear stick locking device according to claim 1, wherein the power unit comprises a drive motor.

4. The remote-controlled vehicle gear stick locking device according to claim 1, wherein the power unit comprises a solenoid.

10. The remote-controlled vehicle gear stick locking device according to claim 1, wherein the power unit comprises a solenoid.

5. A remote-controlled vehicle gear stick locking device, comprising:

a gear stick lock, which is selectively driven by a power unit to carry out locking or unlocking operation; and

a control host, which comprises at least a CPU based automatic control circuit, which is connected to a power supply and voltage regulation system, a power drive system and a signal transmission line;

wherein the signal transmission line of the CPU based automatic control circuit of the control host is connected to a transmission network of an electronic control unit built in the vehicle to intercept and receive an instruction signal transmitted through the transmission network and applies the instruction signal so intercepted to the CPU based automatic control circuit, so that the CPU based automatic control circuit identifies the instruction signal as an instruction signal to set or release an anti-theft equipment of the vehicle and the CPU based automatic control circuit controls the power drive system to supply a corresponding instruction signal to the power unit to carry out locking or unlocking operation of the gear stick lock.

6. The remote-controlled vehicle gear stick locking device according to claim 5, wherein the transmission network of the electronic control unit comprises a controller area network bus.

7. The remote-controlled vehicle gear stick locking device according to claim 5, wherein the transmission network of the electronic control unit comprises a local interconnect network bus.

8. The remote-controlled vehicle gear stick locking device according to claim 5, wherein the transmission network of the electronic control unit comprises both controller area network bus and local interconnect network bus.

9. The remote-controlled vehicle gear stick locking device according to claim 5, wherein the power unit comprises a drive motor.