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US 5,331,307 AGranted
Vehicle anti-theft system including a gear shift lock and an anti-theft device operated thereby
AssigneeMul-T-Lock Ltd.
InventorNoach Eizen
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Abstract
A vehicle anti-theft device comprising a gear shift lock and an ancillary vehicle anti-theft device which is operated automatically by operation of the gear shift lock.
Claims12
A vehicle anti-theft system comprising:
- a gear shift lock having a lock housing;
- a lock yoke for selectable locking engagement with the gear shift lock;
- a yoke locking orientation sensor for sensing when said lock yoke is in locking engagement with said gear shift lock;
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- an ancillary vehicle anti-theft device which is actuated by positioning of said lock yoke in locking engagement with said gear shift lock and is deactuated by removal of the yoke from locking engagement with the gear shift lock, said ancillary vehicle anti-theft device including electronic circuitry for controlling the operation of the anti-theft device located inside said lock housing.
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A vehicle including
- a gear shift lock having a lock housing;
- a lock yoke for selectable locking engagement with the gear shift lock;
- a yoke locking orientation sensor for sensing when said lock yoke is in locking engagement with said gear shift lock;
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- an ancillary vehicle anti-theft device which is actuated by positioning of said lock yoke in locking engagement with said gear shift lock and is deactuated by removal of the yoke from locking engagement with the gear shift lock, said ancillary vehicle anti-theft device including electronic circuitry for controlling the operation of the anti-theft device located inside said lock housing.
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A method for preventing vehicle theft including the steps of providing a gear shift lock having a lock housing;
- a lock yoke for selectable locking engagement with the gear shift lock;
- a yoke locking orientation sensor for sensing when said lock yoke is in locking engagement with said gear shift lock;
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- an ancillary vehicle anti-theft device which is actuated by positioning of said lock yoke in locking engagement with said gear shift lock and is deactuated by removal of the yoke from locking engagement with the gear shift lock, said ancillary vehicle anti-theft device including electronic circuitry for controlling the operation of the anti-theft device located inside said lock housing;
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- positioning the lock yoke in locking engagement with said gear shift lock, thereby actuating the ancillary vehicle anti-theft device.
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A vehicle anti-theft system comprising:
- a gear shift lock having a lock housing;
- a lock yoke for selectable locking engagement with the gear shift lock by insertion thereof into the gear shift lock without requiring key operation;
- a yoke locking orientation sensor for sensing when said lock yoke is in locking engagement with said gear shift lock;
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- an ancillary vehicle anti-theft device which is actuated by positioning of said lock yoke in locking engagement with said gear shift lock and is deactuated by removal of the yoke from locking engagement with the gear shift lock.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.