Burglarproof system for automotive vehicle

• US 5,508,693 A
• Filed: 11/14/1994
• Issued: 04/16/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: MIWA Lock Company Limited
• Original Assignee: MIWA Lock Company Limited
• Inventors: Wake, Kiyoyasu
• Primary Examiner(s): Zimmerman, Brian
• Application Number:
  US08/339,418
• Time in Patent Office: 519 Days
• Field of Search: 180/287, 340/825.31, 361/70, 307/10.2, 307/10.4, 307/10.6, 123/179.1, 123/198 B, 123/198 R
• US Class Current: 340/5.31
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/04 operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/087 flux-sensitive, e.g. magnetic, detectors G06K7/10336 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00722 with magnetic components, e.g. magnets, magnetic strips, metallic inserts mechanical locks operated by permanent magnets E05B47/0038

Abstract

A burglarproof system for automotive vehicle which precludes a burglar from improperly starting the engine of an automotive vehicle using a duplicate key or short-circuiting a starter circuit. A magnetic card having a plurality of permanent magnets buried wherein and representing a predetermined password, and a card reader reading the poles and arrangement of the permanent magnets appearing on the upper surface of the magnetic card. One embodiment reads the password in a static reading mode. A second embodiment reads the password during movement of the magnetic card. A password comparator of the burglarproof system compares the password of the magnetic card with the predetermined password. A coincidence signal from the comparator establishes an electric circuit required for starting the engine of the automotive vehicle. A terminal cover made of insulator and covering the starter switch terminal and an electric wire from an electric battery are screwed to an end surface of a pull switch having a starter switch terminal and a battery connecting terminal both extending from the surface. A second starter switch terminal passes through the terminal cover. A double-core electric wire having a sheath grounded to the body of the automotive vehicle passes into the terminal cover. One end of one core is connected with the starter switch terminal and one end of the other core is connected with the second starter switch terminal. The other end of both cores is connected with a switch of the burglarproof system.

Claims

1. A burglarproof system for a starter system of an automotive vehicle including a pull switch fastened to a cell motor, a starter switch terminal and a bolt-shaped battery connecting terminal projecting from an end surface of the pull switch, an electric lead wire from an electric battery screwed to the battery connecting terminal, and an electric wire from the starter switch terminal connected to a starter relay, the burglarproof system comprising:

a terminal cover made of an insulator and covering the starter switch terminal;

a contacting portion of said terminal cover in contact with said end surface of the pull switch, said contacting portion having an opening through which the battery connecting terminal extends;

the electric lead wire screwed to the battery connecting terminal fastening said terminal cover to said end surface of the pull switch;

a second starter switch terminal passing through the terminal cover; and

a double-core electric wire having a sheath and passing into the terminal cover, one end of one of the cores being connected to the first starter switch within the terminal cover, one end of the other core being connected to an internal end of the second starter switch terminal, an external end of the second starter switch terminal being connected to the electric wire connected to the starter relay, the other end of the double-core electric wire being connected to a switch of the burglarproof system and the sheath being grounded to the body of the automotive vehicle.

2. A terminal cover securable to a cell motor pull switch, said pull switch having a starter switch terminal and a battery connecting terminal protruding from an end face of said pull switch, said pull switch mounted adjacent said cell motor, said terminal cover comprising:

a housing accepting and surrounding a portion of said pull switch and said end face, said housing defining a hole through which said battery connecting terminal protrudes when said pull switch is received within said housing; and

a second starter switch terminal integral with said housing, said second starter switch terminal having a first end inside said housing and a second end outside said housing.

3. The terminal cover of claim 2, wherein said housing separates said starter switch terminal from said battery connecting terminal when said pull switch is received within said housing.

4. The terminal cover of claim 2, wherein said hole defined by said housing is in a housing portion that abuts said end face of said pull switch when said pull switch is received within said housing.

5. The terminal cover of claim 2, further comprising a shielded double-core electric wire having a first core connected to said first end of said second starter switch terminal and a second core terminating in a connector for connection to said starter switch terminal, wherein said electric wire provides an indirect electrical path between said starter switch terminal and said second starter switch terminal.