Antitheft system for starting a vehicle

Patent · Tue Apr 26 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:7033885

Branco, F S.C.

This patent describes in combination for use with an energy source, an ignition switch, a motor and a pinion actuatable from a first position to a second position for providing a controlled starting of an engine in accordance with an energizing of the motor, first means including a first switch defining a continuous electrical circuit upon a closure of the ignition switch for actuating the pinion to the second position to couple the motor to the engine, the first normally open switch becoming closed upon the continuity of the electrical circuit to provide for an energizing of the motor upon such closure, a second normally open switch operable to the closed state only upon closure of the first switch, and second means operative only upon the operation of the second switch in the closed state for maintaining energization of the motor and actuation of the pinion to the second position to couple the motor to the engine.

• Assignee: Marvin Retsky, Beverly Hills, CA
• Patent Number(s): US 4739736
• OSTI ID: 7033885
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330100* -- Internal Combustion Engines
ACTUATORS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
ELECTRIC MOTORS
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
ENGINES
EXCITATION
HEAT ENGINES
IGNITION
IGNITION SYSTEMS
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MOTORS
OPERATION
SECURITY
START-UP
SWITCHING CIRCUITS
VEHICLES