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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
May. 15, 2001
Scott A. Millsap, Saginaw, MI (US);
Stephen Vincent Gillman, Bay City, MI (US);
Karen Ann Boswell, Freeland, MI (US);
Frederick J. Berg, Auburn, MI (US);
James M Petrowski, Saginaw, MI (US);
Ratko Menjak, Frankenmuth, MI (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A chassis control network architecture having an electronic control module mountable on a steering column subassembly is disclosed. A first communications bus is connected to the electronic control module and an actuator control module is in communication with the electronic control module, through the first communications bus. The actuator control module is further connected to an electric steering motor, and is capable of receiving a steering input command from the electronic control module and applying it to the electric steering motor.