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Protection system with voltage switching

US5552642A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 9, 1994
Grant dateSep 3, 1996
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Expiry dateMar 9, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E60/10
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A protection system for motor vehicles includes a control circuit including a switching device which is connected between cells of the battery and operable between a first condition in which the voltage provided at the battery terminals insufficient to start the vehicle and a second condition in which the voltage provided at the battery terminals sufficient to start the vehicle, the switching device being operated between the first and second conditions by a control signal that is generated by a portable signal transmitting device which is remotely actuatable.

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