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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeffrey J Lace, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Gatekeeper Systems, L.L.C., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3405685 ; 188111 ; 280 33994 ;
Abstract
An anti-theft vehicle system for a vehicle wheel having a rotational axis includes at least one inhibitor disposed within the vehicle wheel to selectively engage the vehicle wheel to prevent the vehicle wheel from rotating about its rotational axis. The anti-theft vehicle system also includes rotatable means disposed within the vehicle wheel and cooperating with the inhibitor for moving the inhibitor between an engaged position and a disengaged position with the vehicle wheel.