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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2023
Fca Us Llc, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abhilash Gudapati, Troy, MI (US);
FCA US LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
Independent electronic securement and ignition management techniques for an electrified vehicle includes a park pawl system with primary and a secondary park pawl controllers configured to control park state arbitration and physical movement of a park pawl actuator, respectively, an electric parking brake (ePB), and a vehicle controller connected to the park pawl system via a controller area network (CAN) and configured to detect a malfunction of the park pawl system and, in response to detecting the park pawl system malfunction, automatically command the ePB to engage to inhibit movement of the electrified vehicle and without any input from an operator of the vehicle.