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Hawkhill's Turn Signaling Tops List of Mercedes-Benz ML55 AMG's Upgrades

25 February 2000

Hawkhill Technologies' Tap-Operable Turn Signaling Tops List of Mercedes-Benz ML55 AMG's 'Good-News' Upgrades

    ADKINS, Texas, Feb. 24 -- In a recent vehicle review
(http://www.usatoday.com/money/consumer/autos/mareview/mauto517.htm), USA
TODAY'S award-winning automotive columnist, James W. Healey, listed several
"good-news" upgrades that make "big differences in daily use" on the new
Mercedes-Benz ML55 AMG.  Healey's list was topped by "Turn signals that blink
thrice with a tap of the lever. No need to hold it to signal a lane change.
You do signal when moving over, don't you?"(1)
    In techno-speak, Hawkhill Technologies' tap-operable turn signaling,
AccuBlink(TM), is a proprietary, supra-conventional signal-system capability
enabled by advanced, momentary-lever-closure-sensing electronics.  It
requires no signal-lever modification and is responsive to both one-shot and
on-the-fly-additive lever taps.
    The amazing coexistence AccuBlink inaugurates -- between hands-free,
self-terminating signaling and latched-on signaling that can remain latched
indefinitely -- makes it a must-have solution for all aspiring
"more-blinker-proactive" drivers.
    License Availability:  The AccuBlink capability, as first and definitively
described by US Patent 5,486,809
(http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?pn=US05486809__&s_clms=1), is available
for licensing from the owner of the patent, Hawkhill Technologies, LLC.
Interested entities should contact Ben Wadlington, Jr., Managing Principal of
Hawkhill at 830-947-3045 or via email at turnsignal@aol.com.
    Hawkhill's activities on behalf of AccuBlink have included provision of
AccuBlink-mockup modules to major automotive OEMs and assistance to major
automotive OEMs in specifying AccuBlink to their tier-one suppliers of
body-control modules, dash clusters and the like.
    In addition to being protected by a US patent, the AccuBlink capability is
the subject of patents either granted or pending worldwide.  An aftermarket
module, capable of retrofitting AccuBlink into turn-signal systems of
existing vehicles, is planned for introduction by Hawkhill in Q2, 2000.

    (1) Copyright 2000 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc., used with
permission.