RU2280573C1 - Vehicle identification device - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: transport engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to equipment of vehicles with identification devices in addition to license plate numbers and identification numbers of sets, body and body parts made at manufacturer's which minimize risk of unauthorized use or hi-jacking of vehicle. Proposed device contains vehicle identification number carrier arranged in housing which is placed partially inside vehicle part to be marked. Seals are fitted between vehicle identification number carrier and housing and between housing and vehicle part to be marked.

EFFECT: provision of simple and reliable identification of vehicle, possibility of mounting device on vehicle in use, with losing of service properties and making part, on which identification device has been mounted, unfit, if device is destructed.

9 cl, 11 dwg

Description

The invention relates to the field of equipment of vehicles (TS) with identification devices in addition to state registration marks and identification numbers of units, body, body elements, etc. automakers, which reduces the risk of unauthorized use or theft of vehicles.

Currently, on the market, in addition to the mandatory means of identifying vehicles (their individual parts), there is a fairly wide range of identification tools that allow you to recognize stolen vehicles and more accurately establish their legal owners. Along with active means of identification, preventing unauthorized entry into the vehicle, the launch of its individual units and / or notifying of such actions, as a rule, passive identification means continue to develop with the help of electronic devices. Information about the equipment of vehicles with identification devices, the possibility of visual observation and the economic inexpediency of their destruction - all this makes such vehicles less attractive to offenders.

Identification tools perform a prophylactically preventive anti-theft function, which generates interest in them from the owners of the vehicle in connection with the protection of property rights, companies whose business entities are transactions with the vehicle - insurance, leasing companies, credit organizations, government agencies to ensure the rights of citizens, public safety and the fight against terrorism, etc.

Among passive identification tools, technical solutions related to the additional provision and / or equipment of the vehicle (their parts) with means containing identification signs, markers, tags, etc., found the greatest distribution. (hereinafter in this application, the term "identification mark" will be used as a generic term for markers, marks, as well as state registration marks, identification numbers of bodies, their elements, engine numbers, etc.). The essence of the tasks being solved is reduced to the possibility of detecting at least one genuine identification mark, for example, by increasing their number on the vehicle, reducing the area of the individual identification mark, applying the identification mark in a hard-to-reach place on the vehicle, using a visually not perceptible identification mark, etc. d.

A technical solution is known, which consists in marking products, including TS, with substances with a high degree of adhesion or with paints by spraying them on the product - the technology of applying microdots [1]. Microdot - a polymer disk with a size of less than 1 mm with a special image of information about the vehicle and its accessories. The number of such disks on one vehicle can reach 10,000, which ensures reliable identification of the vehicle as a whole, and any part of it. The disadvantage of this technical solution is the need to use a special device to detect microdots, which does not allow to quickly establish the fact of unauthorized use of the vehicle.

A technical solution is known, which consists in protecting the state registration plate from falsification by placing a holographic image in its field that is not perceived by the naked eye [2]. The disadvantage of this technical solution is the need to use equipment for the recognition of holograms, which significantly limits the speed of establishing the fact of unauthorized use of the vehicle. In addition, this technical solution only allows you to make sure that the vehicle has state registration plates of the established sample, but not to identify the vehicle itself.

Known technical solution, consisting in the application of identification marks on glass surfaces using chemical reagents [3]. This technical solution allows to prevent theft of windows and mirrors, but not parts in which there are no glass surfaces.

A technical solution is known, consisting in the local irradiation of a part of the glazing of a vehicle with coherent radiation and the formation of an identification number image inside the irradiated material as a result of a change in its physicochemical properties [4]. This technical solution allows to prevent only the theft of vehicle parts containing glass surfaces.

A device is known, which is a multilayer capsule made of composite material with a transparent outer protective layer, inside of which there is an identification mark in the form of a stencil and a reagent for etching metal surfaces. If the capsule is destroyed on the surface of the vehicle, in the place where it was placed, the corresponding identification mark is etched [5]. The disadvantage of this technical solution is the use of acid as a reagent.

A technical solution is known that is closest to the proposed invention, adopted as a prototype, which consists in placing a part of the carrier with an identification mark inside the corresponding part of the vehicle between its structurally connected elements, so that the carrier cannot be removed without bringing the corresponding part of the vehicle unusable. In this case, only a fragment of the identification mark located on the surface of the external part of the carrier is visually observed [6].

The disadvantages of this technical solution are the need to use special diagnostic equipment to determine all the characters that make up the identification mark, as well as the impossibility or economic inappropriateness of retrofitting the corresponding part of the vehicle with such an identification device, after the corresponding part of the vehicle has already been produced.

The present invention is free from these disadvantages.

The technical result of the invention is to increase the efficiency of establishing the fact of unauthorized use of the vehicle due to a simpler and more reliable detection of an identification mark.

The specified technical result is achieved by the fact that in the vehicle identification device, which, like the prototype, contains the vehicle identification number carrier, in accordance with the invention, the vehicle identification number carrier is housed in the housing, the housing with the carrier partially placed inside the marked part vehicle.

In addition, the technical result is achieved in that the front side of the carrier has a transparent protective coating.

In addition, this technical result is achieved by the fact that the reverse side of the carrier has a luminous coating.

However, the technical result is achieved in that in the proposed device, the carrier is made in the form of a plate.

Along with this, the technical result is achieved in that metal alloys are used as the material for the manufacture of the carrier.

In addition, the technical result is achieved in that the identification number is made in the form of through curly holes in the carrier.

However, this technical result is achieved in that the protective coating is made in the form of an impact-resistant glass plate.

In addition, the technical result is achieved by the fact that the luminous coating is made in the form of a luminescent film.

Along with this, the specified technical result is achieved by the fact that metal alloys are used as the material for the manufacture of the case.

In addition, the technical result is achieved by the fact that a sealing gasket is installed between the carrier and the housing.

A cross-sectional view of an identification device is shown in FIGS. 1-2. A metal plate with an identification number in the form of through figured holes (4) is protected from the front by shockproof glass (3). To illuminate the identification mark on the back of the plate there is a luminous coating (5). A plate with an identification number, protective and luminous coatings is placed in the housing (1). A gasket (2) is installed between the plate and the body.

Figure 3 shows a General view of the identification device, figure 4 is a top view.

The protective coating in the form of a plate is shown in Fig.5. The plate with the identification number may have protrusions for attaching the protective coating of Fig.6.

Figures 7, 10 and 8, 11 show longitudinal and cross sections of an identification device, respectively.

7:

(1) - external rubber seal;

(2) - metal case;

(3) - internal rubber seal;

(4) - shockproof glass;

(5) - rubber clamping ring for TS ceiling fabric;

(6) - a metal plate with an identification number in the form of through curly holes;

(7) - film with a luminous coating;

(8) - metal pan.

Figure 10:

(1) - metal case;

(2) - rubber seal;

(3) - a rubber cover;

(4) - metal pan;

(5) - shockproof glass;

(6) - rubber clamping ring for vehicle ceiling fabric.

The essence of the invention is illustrated in figures 1-11.

The identification device is installed in the seats provided by the car manufacturer, and in their absence, at the discretion of the organization having the right to carry out such activities. In the technical passport of the vehicle, a note is made about the presence of an identification device.

The identification device can be used for marking the body of the vehicle, in particular the roof, pillars, floor, side members, etc., as well as the engine, axles and other units of the vehicle.

The vehicle identification mark is located on the carrier in one or two rows (Figs. 3, 9). The size of the identification device as a whole is determined by the number of characters in the identification character and the size of each character individually. With a symbol width of 4 mm, a height of 5 mm, a width of through curly holes of 1 mm and a number of characters of 18, the size of the identification device will be 52 × 20 × 10 mm when the characters are arranged in 2 rows and 97 × 13 × 10 mm when the characters are 1 row.

The case of the identification device is connected to the corresponding part of the vehicle by welding (Fig. 1), and in the presence of a pallet, through an additional sealing connection (Fig. 7, 2).

The proposed device has significant technical, technological and socio-economic advantages compared to world analogues, the main of which are the efficiency, simplicity and reliability of identification of an unauthorized vehicle. In addition, an important advantage of the invention is the ability to install a new device on an already manufactured vehicle (corresponding part of the vehicle). The tests confirmed the versatility and advantages of the invention.

Thus, the present invention not only complements the national and global market with a new and effective identification device. The new device, taking into account its significant technical, technological and socio-economic advantages, will be useful to vehicle owners, commercial (insurance, leasing companies, credit organizations, etc.) and government agencies, as well as everyone who is interested in using vehicle identification devices with effective preventive anti-theft function.

Information sources

[1] Application EP 1216758 A1. "Identifier label application system", priority date 11/17/2000. US 715868, IPC ⁷ V 05 V 7/24, C 12 Q 1/68, B 60 R 25/00.

[2] Patent US 4368979. "Automobile identification system", priority date 01/18/1983, IPC ³ G 06 K 9/74, G 09 F 7/00, B 60 R 13/10.

[3] Patent US 4921626. "Glass etching composition and method of making", priority date 05/01/1990, IPC ⁵ C 09 K 13/06, C 09 K 13/08, B 44 C 1/22, C 03 C 15 / 00.

[4] RF patent No. 2090394. "Distinctive marking of a vehicle and method of its implementation", priority date 10.04.1996, IPC ⁶ B 60 R 25/00.

[5] Patent US 5346738. "Identification label with micro-encapsulate etchant", priority date 04.11.1992, IPC ⁵ V 32 V 3/26; US patent 6074570. "Method of marking using encapsulate etchant", priority date 06/21/1994, IPC ⁵ V 44 C 1/22, C 23 F 1/00.

[6] Application WO 02/091334 A1. "Product provided with security marking for individual identification, and method for preparing the product", priority date 08.05.2001, IPC ⁷ G 09 F 3/00, B 60 R 13/10 (prototype).

Claims (9)

1. Vehicle identification device, consisting of a vehicle identification number carrier, characterized in that the vehicle identification number carrier is housed in a housing that is partially placed inside the marked part of the vehicle, and between the vehicle identification number carrier and the housing and between the housing and the marked part of the vehicle has seals installed. 2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the front side of the carrier has a transparent protective coating. 3. The device according to claim 2, characterized in that the back of the carrier has a luminous coating. 4. The device according to claim 3, characterized in that the carrier is made in the form of a plate. 5. The device according to claim 4, characterized in that metal alloys are used as the material for the manufacture of the carrier. 6. The device according to claim 5, characterized in that the identification number is made in the form of through curly holes in the carrier. 7. The device according to claim 6, characterized in that the protective coating is made in the form of an impact-resistant glass plate. 8. The device according to claim 7, characterized in that the luminous coating is made in the form of a luminescent film. 9. The device according to claim 8, characterized in that metal alloys are used as the material for the manufacture of the body.

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