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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:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Francis Kennedy, Dearborn, MI (US);
Matthew David Gerard, Westland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3404573 ; 340439 ; 3404571 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for alerting a vehicle driver of a primary operating condition in a vehicle, includes detecting the primary operating condition. A primary warning indicator is then activated when the primary operating condition is detected. When a secondary operating condition is detected while the primary warning indicator is activated a secondary indicator is activated. The primary and secondary warning indicators are deactivated when the primary operating condition ceases to exist.