Mileage recording and service reminding accessory for a shared-use vehicle
First Claim
1. A shared-use vehicle having a master meter responsive to cumulative use of the vehicle and also having a group of auxiliary meters each of which is selectively operable to register only the use of the vehicle by a specific person, said shared-use vehicle including an additional electric odometer controlled by two switches in series with each other and with the said additional odometer, whereby the combined use of selected ones of the group of auxiliary odometers and of the additional car pool odometer enables the breakdown of commuting trips into private and car pool portions.
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Abstract
A mileage recording and service reminding accessory for a shared-use vehicle is provided as a self-contained unit which may be installed as original equipment at the time of manufacture or added as a modification accessory to an existing vehicle. The console includes auxiliary individual odometers or hour meters for different persons authorized to use the vehicle, a master meter within the console, an electric circuit operable to selectively connect a desired auxiliary odometer or hour meter to the master meter, and a service warning meter for registering and displaying pre-selected target mileages for prescribed service. The console also includes a key actuated switch for each of said individual odometers or hour meters. Actuation of each switch activates the ignition and contemporaneously activates only its respective odometer or hour meter to record the vehicle usage for the then current user independently of the usage recorded for the other users.
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1. A shared-use vehicle having a master meter responsive to cumulative use of the vehicle and also having a group of auxiliary meters each of which is selectively operable to register only the use of the vehicle by a specific person, said shared-use vehicle including an additional electric odometer controlled by two switches in series with each other and with the said additional odometer, whereby the combined use of selected ones of the group of auxiliary odometers and of the additional car pool odometer enables the breakdown of commuting trips into private and car pool portions.
- 2. An accessory for a shared use vehicle having a meter responsive to cumulative use of the vehicle and also having a group of auxiliary meters, each auxiliary meter being selectively operable to register only the use of the vehicle by a specific user, the above meters being combined with an additional meter for car pool use, means requiring a plurality of users to activate the said additional meter for car pool use, and means for informing the then current user that the said target mileage has been reached and that the said scheduled maintenance is actually due.
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