Automotive vehicle with redundant controller
US7822516B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 26, 2004 |
| Grant date | Oct 26, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 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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