Patents by Inventor Kenneth Brian Hollis

Kenneth Brian Hollis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and method for preventing un-authorized starting of a vehicle
    Patent number: 6720862
    Abstract: A theft prevention device, having a first switch capable of movement between a first position and a second position, the first position electrically connecting an electrical system to a power supply of a vehicle and the device includes a switch bypass circuit being electrically connected to said power supply when the switch is in the second position, the switch bypass circuit allows a current from the power supply to reach the electrical system, this current is less than the current traveling through the switch when the switch is in the first position, the current is sufficiently large enough to maintain volatile memories of electrical components in a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Dean Hazelton, Kenneth Brian Hollis
  • Apparatus and method for preventing un-authorized starting of a vehicle
    Publication number: 20020089411
    Abstract: A theft prevention device, having a first switch capable of movement between a first position and a second position, the first position electrically connecting an electrical system to a power supply of a vehicle and the device includes a switch bypass circuit being electrically connected to said power supply when the switch is in the second position, the switch bypass circuit allows a current from the power supply to reach the electrical system, this current is less than the current traveling through the switch when the switch is in the first position, the current is sufficiently large enough to maintain volatile memories of electrical components in a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Lawrence Dean Hazelton, Kenneth Brian Hollis