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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2004
Applicants:
R. Clarkson Griffin, Carmel, IN (US);
Gerald P. Hunt, Fishers, IN (US);
Inventors:
R. Clarkson Griffin, Carmel, IN (US);
Gerald P. Hunt, Fishers, IN (US);
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle disable system including an onboard computer linked to a throttle control relay. The onboard computer is capable of communicating to a remote control center by way of telecommunications link. If certain security protocols are breached, the control center communicates a shutdown command to the vehicle by way of the telecommunications link and the vehicle initiates a shutdown procedure for incapacitating the vehicle throttle controls.