Vehicle having systems responsive to non-mechanical control signals

US6712164B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Motors LLC · US

Inventors

• Adrian B. Chernoff · Boulder, US
• Christopher E. Borroni-Bird · Oakland Charter Township, US
• Mohsen D. Shabana · Ann Arbor, US
• Robert Louis Vitale · Macomb Township, US
• Tommy E. White · Rochester Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 25, 2002
• Grant date: Mar 30, 2004
• Expiry date: Jul 25, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T90/40
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle chassis having substantially all of the mechanical, electrical, and structural componentry necessary for a fully functional vehicle, including at least an energy conversion system, a steering system, and a braking system. The chassis is configured for matability with a variety of different types or styles of vehicle bodies. Various prior art mechanical control linkages between a driver and controlled systems are replaced with non-mechanical control signal transmission components. Fuel cell technology is also implemented.