US 6,672,421 B2 · Motor vehicle arrangement

Abstract

A motor vehicle arrangement having a control device for controlling the vehicle. The control device is at least adjustable in the vertical direction. The control device has a parking position in which the vehicle cannot be driven and there is no operative connection for starting, accelerating or braking the vehicle etc. from the operating controls of the vehicle. The control device is releasable from the parking position to a driving position using an authorization verification element which adjusts the driving position. In the driving position, an operative connection is established between the operating control elements of the vehicle and corresponding actuating elements.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A motor vehicle arrangement comprising:

an authorization verification element able to store electronic data thereon;
and
a steering wheel for controlling the vehicle, the steering wheel having an upwardly raised parking position in which the vehicle cannot be driven and an adjustable lowered driving position in which the vehicle can driven, the steering wheel adapted for interacting with the authorization verification element,
wherein the authorization verification element electronically interacts with the steering wheel to release the steering wheel from the parking position thus allowing the vehicle to be driven.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

09/681,883Filed 20 Jun 2001 · continuation

Priority

SE 980446921 Dec 1998

Published

US 2001/0054522 A127 Dec 2001

Granted

6 Jan 2004

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

B60R 25/24
Means to switch the anti-theft system on or off: using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
B60R 25/002
Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles: locking of control actuating or transmitting means
B60R 25/02
Operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens: operating on the steering mechanism
B60R 25/04
Operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens: operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor

Motor vehicle arrangement

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Motor vehicle arrangement

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Abstract

Claims15