Electric power supply control device for vehicle

• US 5,343,077 A
• Filed: 05/13/1992
• Issued: 08/30/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company), Honda Lock Manufacturing Company Limited (Minebea Mitsumi, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company), Honda Lock Manufacturing Company Limited (Minebea Mitsumi, Inc.)
• Inventors: Yoshida, Susumu, Ebihara, Munemitsu, Sueyoshi, Masahiko, Kurita, Tsutomu
• Primary Examiner(s): Pellinen, A. D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Elms, Richard T.
• Application Number:
  US07/882,603
• Time in Patent Office: 839 Days
• Field of Search: 307/9.1-10.6, 361/172, 340/825.69, 340/825.72, 340/825.3-825.4, 180/286, 180/287, 70/252, 70/256
• US Class Current: 340/5.64
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/03 for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems or for circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2325/306 Motorcycles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/00 Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles locks for vehicles E05B77/00-E05B85/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/0211 comprising a locking member radially and linearly moved towards the steering column
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/02113 manually actuated, e.g. using removable locking means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: B62H 5/02 for locking the steering mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5956 Steering mechanism with switch
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5973 Remote control

Abstract

An electric power supply control device for a vehicle comprises a lock actuator for driving actuators of the vehicle and an operation switch for outputting all operation instruction signal to the lock actuator. A circuit for vehicle running system for actuating an engine of the vehicle and a steering lock circuit for actuating the steering lock actuator in a locking direction are connected, exclusively with each other, to a power supply circuit. Wireless communication is conducted between a driver'"'"'s transceiver and the vehicle when the vehicle engine is stopped and the power supply circuit therefor remains on, to automatically disconnect the power supply circuit.

Claims

1. An electric power supply control device for a vehicle comprising:

a steering lock circuit for actuating a lock actuator for driving a steering lock device of a vehicle,

a circuit for a vehicle running system for actuating an engine of said vehicle,

a power supply circuit for supplying electric power to said steering lock circuit and said circuit for the vehicle running system,

a locking operation switch for outputting an operation instruction signal for actuating said lock actuator in the direction of locking said steering lock device,

a code transmitter means carried by a driver for transmitting a predetermined inherent code signal upon receiving a predetermined request signal,

a transmitting/receiving circuit disposed on the vehicle for transmitting said predetermined request signal to said code transmitter means and for receiving said predetermined inherent code signal transmitted from said code transmission means,

a code comparison circuit for comparing said received predetermined inherent code signal with a predetermined code previously stored in said code comparison circuit,

a running operation switch means disposed on the vehicle for actuating said transmitting/receiving circuit and connecting said vehicle running system circuit with said power supply circuit when said received inherent code signal coincides with said stored predetermined code, and

an off switch disposed on the vehicle to be operated for disconnecting said power supply circuit for vehicle running from a power source and turning said power supply circuit to off,

wherein said circuit for vehicle running system and said steering lock circuit are connected to a power supply circuit so that said running system circuit cannot be actuated when said steering lock circuit is enabled and said steering lock circuit cannot be actuated when said running system circuit is enabled.