Shut off gasoline line

• US 9,914,432 B2
• Filed: 07/20/2015
• Issued: 03/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mario Ramos
• Original Assignee: Mario Ramos
• Inventors: Ramos Piedrahita, Mario
• Primary Examiner(s): Reis, Ryan A
• Application Number:
  US14/803,699
• Publication Number:
  US 20160272151A1
• Time in Patent Office: 967 Days
• Field of Search: 34042611, 34042612, 123198 B
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/04 operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/042 operating on the fuel supply
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 17/04 rendering engines inoperative or idling, e.g. caused by abnormal conditions dependent on lubricating conditions F01M1/22; dependent on cooling F01P5/14
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 33/006 depending on engine operating conditions, e.g. start, stop or ambient conditions
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/042 for stopping the engine
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 1/12 with streamlined valve member around which the fluid flows when the valve is opened
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 31/02 electric F16K31/004 takes precedence; magnetic

Abstract

A safety device that would be installed within the fuel lines of motor vehicles including cars and trucks, with the device remotely activated by police and other law enforcement personnel to block the flow of fuel to the vehicle engine, thus disabling the vehicle to provide law enforcement officials a practical way in which to safely disable a motor vehicle in the event of a police chase, thus protecting both parties, as well as other motorists, innocent bystanders and property from the dangers that can easily occur as a result of high speed chases.

Claims

1. A shut off gasoline line, comprising:

a safety device installed in a fuel line of a motor vehicle, said safety device comprising;

a cylindrical shaped body made of rust resistant metal, said cylindrical shaped body having a two-piece threaded fitting, said cylindrical shaped body having side walls resting flush against interior side walls of said fuel line;

a female fitting allowing fuel to flow through said safety device;

a male fitting being an elongated cylindrical plug slidable within said female fitting; and

a receiver in said safety device for communicating with a remote transmitter;

wherein said male fitting slides into said female fitting to block fuel flow through said fuel line when said remote transmitter sends a signal to said receiver.