System for remotely starting the engine of a vehicle that has a manual transmission
CA 2502885 C · Owner: Dery, Normand · Inventors: Dery, Normand; Allen, Patrick; Picard, Steve
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A slave controller for mounting in a vehicle having an engine for driving at least one wheel of the vehicle via a manual transmission and a cabin having a plurality of components for operation by a user of the vehicle while in the cabin. The slave controller has a control module responsive to an RF signal conveying an engine start command for starting the engine of the vehicle. The control module is capable of performing a transmission state check to determine if the engine is in a driving relationship with the wheel. When the transmission state check is performed and the control module determines that the engine is in a driving relationship with the wheel, the control module …
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- Filed March 31, 2005 and granted April 21, 2020. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 31, 2025.
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