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Vehicle operation inhibitor control apparatus

  • US 5,396,215 A
  • Filed: 10/28/1992
  • Issued: 03/07/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for preventing operation of a motor vehicle by an unauthorized person comprising:

  • a band mountable around a portion of the body of an unauthorized person;

    transmitter means, mounted in the band, for transmitting a signal over a predetermined distance;

    receiver means, mountable in proximity with a steering wheel of a vehicle for receiving the signal from the transmitter means when the transmitting means is within the predetermined distance from the receiver means, the receiver means generating an output signal indicative of the proximity of the band and the transmitter means within the predetermined distance of the receiver means; and

    control means, mounted in the vehicle and responsive to the output signal from the receiver means, for inhibiting operation of the vehicle upon the generation of an output signal from the receiver means.

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