Patents Assigned to Benjamin Brant
  • Motor vehicle theft deterrent device
    Patent number: 4592317
    Abstract: A motor vehicle theft deterrent device comprising a supply of oil or other oily fluid introduced into the motor vehicle engine intake through one of the engine suction lines upon operation of the engine while a hidden switch is closed and turns on a valve disposed in the line connecting a reservoir containing the oil or oily fluid to the engine intake. The excess oil or oily fluid being ingested by the engine causes a telltale cloud of smoke at the exhaust and causes malfunction of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1986
    Assignee: Benjamin Brant
    Inventor: Albert A. Wrobel