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Patent No.:

US 7158014 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2005

Post-trip bus inspection alert system

Applicants:

Jeremy A. Lahr, Columbia City, IN (US);

Allyson K. Kreft, Fort Wayne, IN (US);

Marilyn R. Miars, LaOtto, IN (US);

Douglas R. Taylor, Fort Wayne, IN (US);

Clark L. Backlund, New Haven, IN (US);

Inventors:

Jeremy A. Lahr, Columbia City, IN (US);

Allyson K. Kreft, Fort Wayne, IN (US);

Marilyn R. Miars, LaOtto, IN (US);

Douglas R. Taylor, Fort Wayne, IN (US);

Clark L. Backlund, New Haven, IN (US);

Assignee:

International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC, Warrenville, IL (US);

Attorneys:

Jeffrey P. Calfa

Gerald W. Askew

Susan L. Lukasik

Primary Examiner:

Tai Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for alerting responsible personnel to perform a post-trip inspection check for passengers remaining on a bus at the end of a trip by issuing audible and/or visual alerts when the bus is parked and the motor shut off at the end of the trip. The ignition switch () must be placed in ACCESSORY position and a park brake applied for the system to be rendered capable of being disarmed by operation of a disarming device (S) at the rear of the bus. Operation of the disarming device is indicated by a correct sequence of operating conditions of the device, namely first non-actuated, then actuated, and then non-actuated. The system includes a SNOOZE state that allows the ignition switch to be temporarily turned off during a trip and the alert to be stopped by pressing a snooze switch.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Lahr, Jeremy. (2007). Post-trip bus inspection alert system (U.S. Patent No. 7158014). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7158014

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