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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020

Filed:

May. 31, 2019
Applicant:

Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, MI (US);

Inventors:

Steven L. Geerlings, Holland, MI (US);

Thomas S. Wright, Holland, MI (US);

Todd R. Witkowski, Zeeland, MI (US);

Bradley R. Hamlin, Allendale, MI (US);

Assignee:

GENTEX CORPORATION, Zeeland, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); G07C 9/00126 (2013.01); G07C 9/00857 (2013.01); G08C 17/02 (2013.01); G07C 9/00182 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00769 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00849 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00888 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00928 (2013.01); G08C 2201/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for installation in a vehicle and for controlling a remote device includes a trainable transceiver and a remote button module. The trainable transceiver base station configured to be mounted in the vehicle at a first location and the remote button module separated from the base station and configured to be mounted in the vehicle at a second location. The remote button module is configured to wirelessly transmit a command signal to the base station in response to receiving a user input at a user input device, and the base station responds to receiving the command signal by transmitting an activation signal to the remote device, wherein the activation signal is formatted to control the remote device.


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