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Automotive vehicle with redundant controller

US7822516B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 26, 2004
Grant dateOct 26, 2010
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Expiry dateJan 9, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62D5/0484
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An automotive vehicle having a pre-selected function, and including a controller which controls an object and includes a plurality of redundant elements which are redundant with each other, and a function restraining portion which partially or fully restrains the function of the vehicle, when a pre-selected failure which has occurred to one of the redundant elements has not solved before another of the redundant elements has operated for more than a pre-set time since the occurrence of the failure.

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