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VANDYNE SUPER TURBO INC	123 N COLLEGE AVENUE SUITE 240 FORT COLLINS CO 80524

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• F02B:INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENG....
• F16H:GEARING

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Brinks, Berry T	Fort Collins, US	1	8
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 8
Brown, Jared William	Fort Collins, US	19	193
# of filed Patents : 19 Total Citations : 193
VanDyne, Ed	Loveland, US	16	391
# of filed Patents : 16 Total Citations : 391

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• 8 Citation Count
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DATE PUBLISHED	PUBLICATION/PATENT NO.	PUBLICATION TYPE
February 28, 2017	US,9581078,B2   US9581078B2	GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION
December 18, 2014	US,20140366534,A1   US20140366534A1	FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION

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US Patent No: 8368561

Apparatus and method for simulating a vehicle tracking device in a vehicle

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A simulated vehicle tracking device is installed in a conspicuous location in a vehicle. The simulated vehicle tracking device outwardly resembles the appearance of a functional vehicle tracking device, including indicator lights which flash on and off in a pattern to simulate the operation of indicator lights on a functioning vehicle tracking device. An functional vehicle tracking device is installed in an inconspicuous location in the vehicle. A person inclined to disable vehicle tracking will remove or disable the simulated vehicle tracking device instead of the functional vehicle tracking device.

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