The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2024
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Vijay Kadam, Northville, MI (US);
Deepthi Shirahatti Laxmish, Wixom, MI (US);
Emil Francu, Northville, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A diagnostic system for a vehicle includes: diagnostic modules implementing respective diagnostic tests on the vehicle based on whether respective sets of conditions are satisfied; and an arbitration module i) receiving requests generated by the diagnostic modules to perform the diagnostic tests, ii) determine priority levels of the diagnostic tests, and iii) based on the priority levels, generate one or more diagnostic responses indicating permission to execute at least one of the diagnostic tests having a highest priority level and not granting permission to at least one other one of the diagnostic tests. One or more of the diagnostic modules, in response to the indicated permission, performs the at least one of the diagnostic tests prior to performing the at least one other one of the diagnostic tests.