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Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2022
Applicant:

Magna International Inc., Aurora, CA;

Inventors:

Gert Edzko Smid, Oxford, MI (US);

Gerd Schlager, St. Valentin, AT;

Bruno Carraro, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/40 (2006.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/40 (2013.01); B60R 16/023 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40215 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40273 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electrical control system for a vehicle includes: a plurality of zone controllers each associated with a corresponding physical region of the vehicle, and each having an identical hardware configuration: a high-speed digital communications network interconnecting the plurality of zone controllers; and a plurality of I/O controllers each including at least one of: an input circuit configured to receive a digital or analog signal from a sensor device, or an output circuit configured to produce and transmit a digital or analog signal to an output device.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Smid, Gert. (2026). Zonal control architecture for software-defined vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 12763987). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12763987

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