US4910494A
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Automotive vehicle control system
Assignee: Isuzu Motors Ltd
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Filing: 1989-03-28
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Granted: 1990-03-20
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Expires: 2009-03-28
Abstract
Abstract An automotive vehicle control system is equipped with a main electronic control unit for controlling devices mounted on the vehicle, and an emergency electronic control unit for backing up the main electronic control unit. Both electronic control units transmit diagnostic signals, receive the diagnostic signals from each other and diagnose them for abnormalities, whereby a fault in the main electronic control unit is diagnosed by the emergency electronic control unit and a fault in the emergency electronic control unit is diagnosed by the main electronic control unit.
Inventors
- 👤 Hidefumi Tamai
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 02:38
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60W; B60W10/00; B60W10/04; B60W10/06; B60W10/02; B60W10/10; B60W10/11; B60W30/00; B60W30/18; F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/24; F02D41/26; F02D41/266; F16; F16H; F16H61/00; F16H61/12; G; G05; G05B; G05B9/00; G05B9/02; G05B9/03; F16H2061/1208; F16H2061/122; F16H2061/124; F16H2061/1256; F16H2061/126; F16H2061/1268; F16H63/00; F16H63/40
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
170 words
An automotive vehicle control system having an electronic control unit for controlling an engine, clutch, and transmission of an automotive vehicle, said system comprising: normal and emergency fuel control actuators connected to the engine and controlling a flow of fuel to the engine; normal and emergency clutch control actuators connected to and controlling the clutch; normal and emergency transmission control actuators connected to and controlling the transmission; a main electronic control unit connected to and controlling said normal control actuators; an emergency electronic control unit connected to and controlling said emergency control actuators; fault detecting means for detecting faults in said main electronic control unit and said emergency electronic control unit; alarm means for emitting an alarm when a fault is detected by said fault detecting means; and power supply changeover means for switching off electric power to said main electronic control unit while simultaneously switching power on to said emergency electronic control unit when a fault is detected in said main electronic control unit by said fault detecting means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
170 words
An automotive vehicle control system having an electronic control unit for controlling an engine, clutch, and transmission of an automotive vehicle, said system comprising: normal and emergency fuel control actuators connected to the engine and controlling a flow of fuel to the engine; normal and emergency clutch control actuators connected to and controlling the clutch; normal and emergency transmission control actuators connected to and controlling the transmission; a main electronic control unit connected to and controlling said normal control actuators; an emergency electronic control unit connected to and controlling said emergency control actuators; fault detecting means for detecting faults in said main electronic control unit and said emergency electronic control unit; alarm means for emitting an alarm when a fault is detected by said fault detecting means; and power supply changeover means for switching off electric power to said main electronic control unit while simultaneously switching power on to said emergency electronic control unit when a fault is detected in said main electronic control unit by said fault detecting means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
An automotive vehicle control system according to claim 1, wherein said emergency electronic control unit comprises means for controlling said emergency fuel control actuator to idle the engine when a fault is detected in said main electronic control unit by said fault detecting means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
47 words
An automotive vehicle control system according to claim 1, further comprising emergency gear selecting means for generating signals to manually select gears of said transmission through said emergency transmission control actuator when a fault is detected in said main electronic control unit by said fault detecting means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
An automotive vehicle control system according to claim 3, wherein said emergency electronic control unit comprises means for controlling said emergency transmission control actuator in response to receiving the signals generated by said emergency gear selecting means.
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