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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2020
Lippert Components, Inc., Mishawaka, IN (US);
John Peter Manfreda, St. Clair Shores, MI (US);
Anthony J. DiPerna, Troy, MI (US);
Aaron Robertson Harris, Washington, MI (US);
Matthew Allen Collin, Ferndale, MI (US);
Lippert Components Inc., Elkhart, IN (US);
Abstract
A distributed safety lockout system for a vehicle, such as a recreational vehicle (RV), that includes a plurality of networked devices communicatively coupled via a communications network, and that is configured to implement a method for controlling an electromechanical operation of an electromechanical device based on a safety lockout condition determined through use of a consensus protocol in which a safety lockout status is agreed upon by the networked devices. The safety lockout status may be escalated by a safety lockout condition detection device that detects a safety lockout condition, such as movement of the RV. The safety lockout status may be de-escalated through a network contention mode of the consensus protocol in which each of the networked devices agree to de-escalate the safety lockout status.