Vehicle window breaker tool and alert
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Mark Roseman, Jeff Robert Seaman, David Brian Glickman, Annette Lynn Huebner
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AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Mark Roseman, Jeff Robert Seaman, David Brian Glickman, Annette Lynn Huebner
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A window breaker tool for use on a vehicle includes a body having a handle to enable a user to grip the tool, a glass breaker member extending from the handle configured to contact a glass window with force to break the glass window, and an accelerometer operatively coupled to the body to sense acceleration during impact and generate a signature signal. The tool also includes an RF signal communication device located on the tool for communicating with a plurality of RF signal communication devices on the vehicle to determine a location of the tool relative to the vehicle, wherein the RF signal communication device communicates with a controller for processing the signature signal and determining whether the signature signal is indicative of the tool in use to break a window, and wherein the controller further determines the tool is within the vehicle based on the location and outputs an alert signal.
A window breaker tool for use on a vehicle, the vehicle having a plurality of RF signal communication devices, the tool comprising:
A window breaker tool for use on vehicle, the vehicle having a plurality of RF signal communication devices, the tool comprising:
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