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US3179918A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Vehicle speed limiting and control system

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1959-02-24
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Granted: 1965-04-20
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Expires: 1979-02-24
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Raymond W Hoeppel

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 18:27
CPC Classifications
B; B61; B61L; B61L3/00; B61L3/02; B61L3/08; B61L3/12; B61L3/121

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 204 words
A VEHICULAR CONTROL SYSTEM COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: AT LEAST TWO PERMANENT MAGNETS EXTERNAL OF VEHICLE AND POSITIONED AT A DISTANCE APART EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE OF TRAVEL OF SAID VEHICLE DURING A FIRST GIVEN TIME INTERVAL WHEN TRAVELLIN AT THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE RATE OF SPEED; AN ELECTROMAGNETIC PROXIMITY TRANSDUCER LOCATED ON SAID VEHICLE SO THAT SAID TRANSDUCER PASSES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ALL OF THE MAGNETS SO AS TO INDUCE AN ELECTRICAL PULSE IN SAID TRANSDUCER EACH TIME A MAGNET IS PASSED; AMPLIFYING MEANS CAPABLE OF BEING MONITORED TO AMPLIFY SAID PULSE AND STABILIZE SAID PULSE WIDTH; A TIME DISCRIMINATOR DEVICE ON SAID VEHICLE RESPONSIVE TO SAID PULSE COMPRISING A PULSE RELAY DRIVEN BY SAID AMPLIFYING MEANS, AT LEAST ONE ESSENTIAL TIMING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID PULSE RELAY FOR ESTABLISHING AT LEAST ONE STANDARD TIME INTERVAL, AT LEAST ONE CONTROL RELAY HELD ACTUATED BY PARALLEL SWITCHES CONTROLLED RESPECTIVELY BY SAID PULSE RELAY AND SAID TIMING MEANS; AT LEAST ONE MEANS FOR KEEPING SAID CONTROL RELAY ENERGIZED DURING THE PERIOD OF THE PULSE WHEN SPEED IS NOT EXCESSIVE, SAID DISCRIMINATOR DEVICE PROVIDING AT LEAST ONE CONTROL ACTION WHEN SAID INTERVAL OF TIME BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE PULSES IS LESS THAN AT LEAST ONE SAID STANDARD TIME INTERVAL.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 204 words
A VEHICULAR CONTROL SYSTEM COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: AT LEAST TWO PERMANENT MAGNETS EXTERNAL OF VEHICLE AND POSITIONED AT A DISTANCE APART EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE OF TRAVEL OF SAID VEHICLE DURING A FIRST GIVEN TIME INTERVAL WHEN TRAVELLIN AT THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE RATE OF SPEED; AN ELECTROMAGNETIC PROXIMITY TRANSDUCER LOCATED ON SAID VEHICLE SO THAT SAID TRANSDUCER PASSES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ALL OF THE MAGNETS SO AS TO INDUCE AN ELECTRICAL PULSE IN SAID TRANSDUCER EACH TIME A MAGNET IS PASSED; AMPLIFYING MEANS CAPABLE OF BEING MONITORED TO AMPLIFY SAID PULSE AND STABILIZE SAID PULSE WIDTH; A TIME DISCRIMINATOR DEVICE ON SAID VEHICLE RESPONSIVE TO SAID PULSE COMPRISING A PULSE RELAY DRIVEN BY SAID AMPLIFYING MEANS, AT LEAST ONE ESSENTIAL TIMING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID PULSE RELAY FOR ESTABLISHING AT LEAST ONE STANDARD TIME INTERVAL, AT LEAST ONE CONTROL RELAY HELD ACTUATED BY PARALLEL SWITCHES CONTROLLED RESPECTIVELY BY SAID PULSE RELAY AND SAID TIMING MEANS; AT LEAST ONE MEANS FOR KEEPING SAID CONTROL RELAY ENERGIZED DURING THE PERIOD OF THE PULSE WHEN SPEED IS NOT EXCESSIVE, SAID DISCRIMINATOR DEVICE PROVIDING AT LEAST ONE CONTROL ACTION WHEN SAID INTERVAL OF TIME BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE PULSES IS LESS THAN AT LEAST ONE SAID STANDARD TIME INTERVAL.

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