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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2003
Isaac J. Mosgrove, Salem, OR (US);
Teri Lynné Briskey, Monmouth, OR (US);
Dirk L. Bellamy, Salem, OR (US);
Sean Beebe, Salem, OR (US);
Scott D. Westfall, Salem, OR (US);
Dean Sinn, Silverton, OR (US);
Isaac J. Mosgrove, Salem, OR (US);
Teri Lynné Briskey, Monmouth, OR (US);
Dirk L. Bellamy, Salem, OR (US);
Sean Beebe, Salem, OR (US);
Scott D. Westfall, Salem, OR (US);
Dean Sinn, Silverton, OR (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A key management system for controlling access to vehicle keys includes a key set, a key container and an electronic access device. The key set includes vehicle keys to a particular vehicle and a key tag associated with the vehicle keys having an electronically readable identifier. The key container has a key set storage area secured by an electronic lock and a circuit that detects when the key set is stored in the key set storage area. The access device is carried by a user to access the key container, and has a memory that is updated with at least the identifier of the key tag when the key container is successfully accessed.