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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Joel Curtis Christianson, Corcoran, MN (US);
Bryan L. Peterson, Balsam Lake, WI (US);
Inventors:
Joel Curtis Christianson, Corcoran, MN (US);
Bryan L. Peterson, Balsam Lake, WI (US);
Assignee:
Cinch Systems, Inc., St. Michael, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system include a switch to provide power to a vehicle barrier, A logic based controller is coupled to the switch, and an input device coupled to the logic based controller. A sensor is coupled to the vehicle barrier to provide vehicle barrier performance and maintenance data. The maintenance data may be used to identify maintenance activities to be performed prior to failure of the vehicle barrier.