Universal electronic immobilizing for a vehicle

• US 7,999,662 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2006
• Issued: 08/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Amihai Ohayon, Salomon S. Ohayon
• Original Assignee: Amihai Ohayon, Salomon S. Ohayon
• Inventors: Ohayon, Salomon S., Ohayon, Amihai
• Primary Examiner(s): TWEEL JR, JOHN ALEXANDER
• Application Number:
  US11/990,436
• Publication Number:
  US 20090102621A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,827 Days
• Field of Search: 340/426.12, 340/426.11, 340/426.13, 180/287, 307 102- 106
• US Class Current: 340/426.12
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/007 of hand actuated control means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/0225 using a rod locked on the steering wheel rim B60R25/0221 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/04 operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor

Abstract

A vehicle security system for securing a vehicle against theft, the system comprising, a driving function disablement component configured to bias against a moveable vehicle component, thereby to disable a driving function when biased, a remotely operable transducer configured to maintain or release biasing in the driving function disablement component, and a wireless handheld transceiver configured to transmit a wireless drive-activating signal to operate the transducer.

Claims

1. A vehicle security system for securing a vehicle against theft, the system comprising:

a) a driving function disablement component configured to bias against a moveable vehicle component, thereby to disable a driving function when biased;

c) a remotely operable transducer configured to maintain or release biasing in said driving function disablement component; and

d) a wireless handheld transceiver configured to transmit a wireless drive-activating signal to operate said transducer, wherein said transducer includes a timing sensor configured to sense a fixed period of time in the absence of vehicle movement and release of said biasing against said moveable component and, following said period of time, reinduce said biasing.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said transducer includes a locking mechanism for locking said driving function disablement component in said biased position.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein said moveable vehicle component is any one of the group consisting of a steering wheel, a tire, a clutch, a gear shift, an accelerator pedal, a hand brake lever, and a brake pedal.

4. The system according to claim 1, further comprising an immobilizer and wherein said wireless handheld transceiver is further configured to operate said immobilizer.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein said immobilizer comprises an electronic vehicle component-immobilizing relay.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein said electronic vehicle component is any one of the group consisting of:

a motor ignition, a fuel pump, a fuel injector, a gearshift, a total vehicle immobilizer, and a brake lock.

7. The system according to claim 5, wherein said transceiver operable immobilizing relay is configured to replace a standard vehicle-immobilizing relay.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein said drive transceiver includes a docking button such that pressing said button activates said drive transceiver to receive wireless signals from said handheld transceiver.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein said activated transceiver and said wireless handheld transceiver automatically wirelessly communicate upon said activation.

10. The system according to claim 8, wherein said wireless handheld transceiver additionally includes a manual input configured to activate wireless transmission of said wireless signal following pressing said docking button.

11. The system according to claim 5, wherein said relay additionally includes a time delay circuit which, following a set period time after receiving a wireless relay signal and in the absence of vehicle movement and moveable component movement, said relay again immobilizes said electronic component.

12. The system according to claim 5, wherein said wireless handheld transceiver, said wireless drive transceiver and said immobilizer include programmable memory components configured to be programmed with a unique code such that:

a) said handheld transceiver wirelessly transmits said code;

b) said wireless drive transceiver receives and recognizes said wirelessly transmitted code and releases said biased disablement component; and

c) said immobilizer receives and recognizes said transmitted code and enables said vehicle component.

15. The system according to claim 1, including a drive activation time delay circuit that delays unlocking said locking member by a given period of time following a user-activated input;

said time delay circuit being operatively associated with at least one of;

said wireless handheld transceiver; and

said drive wireless transceiver.

16. The system according to claim 1, wherein said moveable component further includes a manually activated lock configured to manually release said biasing.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein said manually activated locking mechanism comprises a lock barrel configured to receive a user-deployable key.

18. The system according to claim 1, wherein said disablement component is configured to be manually biased against said moveable vehicle component.

19. The system according to claim 1, wherein said disablement component is configured to be manually removed from said component following releasing said biasing in said component.

20. The system according to claim 1, wherein said driving function disablement component comprises a bar that is slidingly set in a hollow tube.

21. The system according to claim 1, wherein said driving function disablement component includes at least one first projection configured to press against said moveable vehicle component when said disablement component is in said biased configuration.

22. The system according to claim 1, wherein said disablement component is configured to bias against a vehicle steering wheel and at least one end of said disablement component is configured to extend beyond said wheel and contact a surface associated with a passenger cabin of said vehicle during rotating of said wheel, thereby substantially preventing rotation of said wheel.

13. A vehicle security system for securing a vehicle against theft, the system comprising:

a) a driving function disablement component configured to bias against a moveable vehicle component, thereby to disable a driving function when biased;

c) a remotely operable transducer configured to maintain or release biasing in said driving function disablement component; and

d) a wireless handheld transceiver configured to transmit a wireless drive-activating signal to operate said transducer wherein said wireless handheld transceiver, said wireless drive transceiver and said immobilizer include programmable memory components configured to be programmed with unique codes such that;

a) said handheld transceiver wirelessly transmits a first code and a second code;

b) said wireless drive transceiver receives and recognizes said wirelessly transmitted first code and releases said biased disablement component; and

c) said immobilizer receives and recognizes said transmitted second code and enables said vehicle component.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein at least one of said:

wireless handheld transceiver

said immobilizer; and

said wireless drive transceiver, includes a programmable input for inputting said wireless code.

23. A method of temporarily disabling and re-enabling a vehicle, comprising:

fitting a biasable locking component over a driving component,

locking said biasable locking component in a biased position to disable said driving component;

remotely transmitting a first signal to operate an immobilizer to prevent operation of a vehicle engine;

remotely transmitting a second signal to disable said immobilizer to re-enable operation of said vehicle engine; and

remotely transmitting a third signal to unlock said biasable locking component to re-enable said driving component;

wherein said method comprising issuing each of said first, second and third signal respectively from a single remote controller.