Patent · US Expired

Optical shock sensor

US6043734A · kind A · utility

7Cited by

51References

6Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Code Alarm, Inc. · US

Inventors

Rand W. Mueller · Bloomfield Hills, US
Peter Stouffer · Holly, US
Jon Richard Gillespie · Commerce, US
Joseph Santavicca · Auburn Hills, US
Matthew J. McAmmond · Auburn Hills, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 14, 1998
Grant date	Mar 28, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 14, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2325/304
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical shock sensor 22 which includes a light generator 40 adapted to generate light 46 and a light detector 44 which are an optical communication by means of a moveable hemispheric dome 48. Specifically, an intrusion, tampering, motion, and/or shock, applied to vehicle 11, causes the moveable dome 48 to move, and to interrupt or change the amount tyoe, focus and/or intensity of the light 46 which is reflected or communicated to light detector 44, thereby causing a tampering output signal to be selectively produced.

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