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Antilock brake controller with fail-safe microprocessor

US4917443A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 1, 1989
Grant dateApr 17, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 1, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S303/09
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle anti-lock brake system having a main microprocessor and a fail-safe microprocessor of a different type from the main microprocessor, and a device interconnecting the main and fail-safe microprocessors and the remainder of the vehicle braking system so that the fail-safe microprocessor can disable the brake release system independently of the main microprocessor.

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