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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1993
Clark E McCall, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Joseph A Heller, Brighton, MI (US);
James V Clore, Howell, MI (US);
Joseph R Pastorek, Highland, MI (US);
Jon M Rathbun, Brighton, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a sensor for sensing a signal indicative of vehicle travel, a reset button, a display, a computer controller coupled to the sensor, the reset button and the display, the computer controller including a memory, an input device for receiving the sensed signal, program control for updating and storing trip distance traveled responsive to the received signal, an input device for receiving a reset signal from the reset switch and program control for retroactively resetting the trip distance traveled to a value equal to distance travelled since a last vehicle ignition on responsive to the reset signal; and an output device for controlling the display to display the trip distance traveled.