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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
May. 22, 2023
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Owen K. Tosh, Saginaw, MI (US);
William D. Bodeis, Midland, MI (US);
Brendan Dziobak, Bay City, MI (US);
Joshua D. Kirk, Frankenmuth, MI (US);
Michael R. Story, Bay City, MI (US);
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling an actuator in a domain controller architecture in a vehicle includes receiving, at a domain controller, data related to operation of the actuator. The data includes information indicative of outputs of an actuator controller configured to control the actuator. The domain controller is configured to operate in accordance with a first safety integrity level among a plurality of safety integrity levels. The actuator controller is configured to operate in accordance with a second safety integrity level below the first safety integrity level. The method includes selectively supplying, from the domain controller based on the received data, a disable signal to a hardware component of the actuator controller to disable control of the actuator by the actuator controller. The disable signal is generated in accordance with the first safety integrity level and the hardware component is configured to operate in accordance with the first safety integrity level.