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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1998
Richard Francis Granitz, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Andrew Michael Hunt, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Lang Thanh Le, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Aern Evert Rider, deceased, late of Hanover, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to an electrical distribution system for an automobile having a power distribution bus and a signal distribution bus. An area module has an electrical connection with the power distribution bus and the signal distribution bus. The area module has connections to individual feature modules. The feature modules have power and signal distribution for electrical components. The area and the feature modules distribute power and signal to the electrical components from the power distribution bus and the signal distribution bus.