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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Scott Schaffer, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Randolph W. Scott, Clarkston, MI (US);
Scott James Lucy, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Assignee:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/08 (2012.01); B60R 16/03 (2006.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/03 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 37/06 (2013.01); B60W 50/08 (2013.01); G01C 21/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
Electrical devices in a vehicle engine compartment are controlled from the vehicle passenger compartment over a serial data bus that extends between a relay controller located in the engine compartment and a body control module located in the passenger compartment and which receives commands from various passenger compartment devices. A serial data link passing through the firewall couples the body control module to the relay controller.