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Patent No.:

US 12127086 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 22, 2020

Tractor trailer vehicle area network with trailer sub-network

Applicant:

Sensata Technologies, Inc., Attleboro, MA (US);

Inventors:

John Greer, Randalstown, IE;

David Galbraith, Comber, IE;

Pete Tasker, Staverton, IE;

Philip Catherwood, Coleraine, IE;

Alan Millen, Coleraine, IE;

Paul McGrotty, Newtonabbey, IE;

Assignee:

Sensata Technologies, Inc., Attleboro, MA (US);

Attorney:

Lee & Hayes, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Techane Gergiso

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/48 (2018.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60T 17/22 (2006.01); G01B 7/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/50 (2021.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); F16D 51/22 (2006.01); F16D 66/00 (2006.01); F16D 66/02 (2006.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/48 (2018.02); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60T 17/221 (2013.01); G01B 7/10 (2013.01); H04L 12/4625 (2013.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.02); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); H04W 4/46 (2018.02); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/50 (2021.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); B60T 17/22 (2013.01); F16D 51/22 (2013.01); F16D 2066/001 (2013.01); F16D 2066/003 (2013.01); F16D 2066/006 (2013.01); F16D 66/025 (2013.01); F16D 66/027 (2013.01); H04L 12/40 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40215 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40273 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40293 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method establishes a vehicle area network on a vehicle having a tractor with a tractor wireless hub, the tractor being connected to a first trailer having a first trailer wireless hub. The method activates the tractor hub and the first trailer wireless hub, and shares credentials between the tractor wireless hub and the first trailer wireless hub in accordance with out of band pairing techniques. Typically, the tractor wireless hub acts as an access point for the vehicle area network but the access point can be centralized by: searching down a length of the vehicle to determine relative locations of the tractor wireless hub, the first trailer wireless hub and the second trailer wireless hub; determining a centrally located hub based on the locations; and establishing the centrally located hub as the access point.

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