Patents Assigned to Winner International Royalty Corporation
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Patent number: 5865044Abstract: A motor vehicle steering wheel lock for mounting diametrically across the rim of the steering wheel and having an extended portion adapted to block complete rotation of the steering wheel has locking means which simplify and reduce the number of manual manipulations required to mount and remove the steering wheel lock. A locking means is provided to permit only axial extension of the elongated steering wheel lock when in the locked condition, and to permit axial contraction of the elongated steering wheel lock only when in the unlocked condition.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1997Date of Patent: February 2, 1999Assignee: Winner International Royalty CorporationInventor: Jinn Fu Wu
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Patent number: 5855128Abstract: A motor vehicle security device for protecting against the cutting of an automobile steering wheel which includes a protective member made of cut-resistant material covering the steering wheel rim and a connector for attaching the protective member to the steering wheel rim. The protective member radially and circumferentially overlies the steering wheel rim to limit access to the rim and protect against cutting of the rim. The protective member includes two or more plate sections which can be collapsed into a smaller form for convenient storage. The protective member also includes a guide member to limit the movement of the plate sections with respect to one another.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1997Date of Patent: January 5, 1999Assignee: Winner International Royalty CorporationInventor: Danut Voiculescu
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Patent number: 5842361Abstract: A motor vehicle security device for protecting against the cutting of an automobile steering wheel which includes a protective member made of cut-resistant material covering the steering wheel rim and a connector for attaching the protective member to the steering wheel rim. The protective member radially and circumferentially overlies the steering wheel rim to preclude access to the rim and protect against cutting of the rim.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1996Date of Patent: December 1, 1998Assignee: Winner International Royalty CorporationInventor: Mark W. Banez
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Patent number: 5836186Abstract: A motor vehicle security device for protecting against the cutting of an automobile steering wheel which includes a protective member made of cut-resistant,material for covering the steering wheel rim and a connector for attaching the protective member to the steering wheel rim. The protective member radially and circumferentially overlies the steering wheel rim to limit access to the rim and protect against cutting of the rim. The protective member is collapsible for convenient storage.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 1997Date of Patent: November 17, 1998Assignee: Winner International Royalty CorporationInventor: James E. Winner, Jr.
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Patent number: 5755123Abstract: A motor vehicle security device for protecting against the cutting of an automobile steering wheel which includes a protective member made of cut-resistant material for covering the steering wheel rim and a connector for attaching the protective member to the steering wheel rim. The protective member radially and circumferentially overlies the steering wheel rim to limit access to the rim and protect against cutting of the rim. The protective member is collapsible for convenient storage.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 1995Date of Patent: May 26, 1998Assignee: Winner International Royalty CorporationInventor: James E. Winner, Jr.
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Patent number: 5735149Abstract: A motor vehicle security device for protecting against the cutting of an automobile steering wheel which includes a protective member made of cut-resistant material for covering the steering wheel rim and a connector for attaching the protective member to the steering wheel rim. The protective member radially and circumferentially overlies the steering wheel rim to limit access to the rim and protect against cutting of the rim. The protective member is collapsible for convenient storage.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1997Date of Patent: April 7, 1998Assignee: Winner International Royalty CorporationInventor: James E. Winner, Jr.
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Patent number: 5709113Abstract: A bicycle security device comprises a receiver which is adapted to be mounted to the frame of a bicycle and a U or J-shaped shackle. In the locked position, the shackle engages a locking mechanism in the receiver to secure the bicycle to an immoveable object or alternatively to secure the wheel of the bicycle to the frame. In the stored position, the shackle is held in the receiver to avoid contact with the bicycle rider. The locking mechanism preferably comprises a pawl-ratchet arrangement or a lock pin adapted to engage one of a plurality of semi-circular grooves along one arm of the shackle.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 1996Date of Patent: January 20, 1998Assignee: Winner International Royalty CorporationInventor: Rex A. Godfrey
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Patent number: 5677668Abstract: A security system or preventing unauthorized removal of a vehicle accessory such as a radio from a mounted position on the vehicle comprises a dispensing container containing a pressurized protective material such as a pepper gas and having a dispensing valve displaceable from a closed position to an open position in which the protective material is dispensed from the container. A valve actuating member is responsive to displacement of the accessory from its mounted position to displace the dispensing valve from the closed to the open position whereby the protective material is dispensed from the container.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 1994Date of Patent: October 14, 1997Assignee: Winner International Royalty CorporationInventor: James E. Winner, Jr.
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Patent number: 5673575Abstract: A vehicle anti-theft system comprises a mechanical anti-theft device adapted to be attached to a vehicle steering wheel to limit rotation thereof, and an electrical anti-theft device remotely controlled by a transmitter in the mechanical device and operable to inhibit starting of the vehicle engine when the mechanical device is in its mounted position. The mechanical device includes a key operated lock mechanism for locking the device to the steering wheel and a supplemental lock mechanism for maintaining the locked condition of the device in response to tampering with either the key operated or the supplemental lock mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1996Date of Patent: October 7, 1997Assignee: Winner International Royalty CorporationInventors: L. David Carlo, Danut Voiculescu, John Rutkowski
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Patent number: 5635899Abstract: A vehicle anti-theft system comprises a mechanical anti-theft device adapted to be attached to a vehicle steering wheel to limit rotation thereof, and an electrical anti-theft device remotely controlled by a transmitter in the mechanical device and operable to inhibit starting of the vehicle engine when the mechanical device is in its mounted position. The mechanical device includes a key operated lock mechanism for locking the device to the steering wheel and a supplemental lock mechanism for maintaining the locked condition of the device in response to tampering with either the key operated or the supplemental lock mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 1994Date of Patent: June 3, 1997Assignee: Winner International Royalty CorporationInventors: L. David Carlo, Danut Voiculescu, John Rutkowski
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Patent number: 5613383Abstract: A motor vehicle security device for protecting against the cutting of an automobile steering wheel which includes a protective member made of cut-resistant material covering the steering wheel rim and a connector for attaching the protective member to the steering wheel rim. The protective member radially and circumferentially overlies the steering wheel rim to preclude access to the rim and protect against cutting of the rim.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 1995Date of Patent: March 25, 1997Assignee: Winner International Royalty CorporationInventor: Mark W. Banez
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Patent number: 5604384Abstract: An anti-theft device for a motor vehicle wherein a personal identification unit is carried by an authorized operator of said motor vehicle and includes means for identifying its location in the vicinity of the motor vehicle. A vehicle control unit mounted onto the motor vehicle, has a first and second condition with means for allowing operation of the motor vehicle when the control unit is in the first condition and means for inhibiting operation of the motor vehicle when said control unit is in the second condition and means for shifting the control unit into the second condition at a time subsequent to removal of the identification device from the vicinity of the motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 1993Date of Patent: February 18, 1997Assignee: Winner International Royalty CorporationInventors: Louis D. Carlo, Larry A. Wise, Danut Voiculescu, John Rutkowski
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Patent number: 5600979Abstract: A vehicle anti-theft system is provided comprising a mechanical security device mounted in a vehicle to limit rotation of the vehicle steering wheel and an electrically operable security device having armed and disarmed modes in which the starting motor circuit for the vehicle is respectively opened and closed independent of the vehicle ignition switch. The mechanical device includes a key operated locking mechanism for mounting and dismounting the device, the electrically operable device includes a key operated switch mechanism for arming and disarming the device, and the key operated locking mechanism and key operated switch mechanism are operable by the same common key. The electrically operable security device includes circuitry for maintaining the starting motor circuit of the vehicle open in response to an effort to bypass the key operated switch mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1995Date of Patent: February 11, 1997Assignee: Winner International Royalty CorporationInventors: James E. Winner, John Rutkowski
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Patent number: 5598142Abstract: A security system for preventing unauthorized removal of a vehicle accessory such as a radio from a mounted position on the vehicle comprises a dispensing container containing a pressurized protective material such as a pepper gas and having a dispensing valve displaceable from a closed position to an open position in which the protective material is dispensed from the container. A valve actuating member is responsive to displacement of the accessory from its mounted position to displace the dispensing valve from the closed to the open position whereby the protective material is dispensed from said container.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 1995Date of Patent: January 28, 1997Assignee: Winner International Royalty CorporationInventor: James E. Winner, Jr.
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Patent number: 5590928Abstract: An improved doorstop provides increased safety along with the simplified operation over previous doorstops. The doorstop is adapted to be mounted directly to the door in close proximity to an immovable surface such as the floor or a door channel. The device includes a frictional contact member which is leveraged from a first position away from the immovable surface to a second position in frictional contact with the surface. The improved doorstop is useful on sliding doors as well as hinged doors.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 1995Date of Patent: January 7, 1997Assignee: Winner International Royalty CorporationInventor: Danut Voiculescu
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Patent number: 5538167Abstract: A frame mounted holder for releasably securing a bicycle lock or other accessory to the frame of a bicycle has a pair of spaced apart, oppositely facing hook members for engaging the lock or other accessory, which hook members are biased away from one another to hold the lock or accessory at a pair of spaced apart points.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1995Date of Patent: July 23, 1996Assignee: Winner International Royalty CorporationInventor: Kevin D. Winner
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Patent number: D372418Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1995Date of Patent: August 6, 1996Assignee: Winner International Royalty CorporationInventor: Kevin D. Winner
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Patent number: D383372Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 1996Date of Patent: September 9, 1997Assignee: Winner International Royalty CorporationInventor: Kevin D. Winner
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Patent number: D391142Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1996Date of Patent: February 24, 1998Assignee: Winner International Royalty CorporationInventor: Kevin D. Winner
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Patent number: D398830Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 1997Date of Patent: September 29, 1998Assignee: Winner International Royalty CorporationInventor: Kevin D. Winner