Patent ID: 11938874
Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 17:
18. A non-transitory machine-readable medium on which a program is stored for providing instructions to a controller within a vehicle control system, the program, when executed by a processor within the controller to perform the steps of:
sending a signal to a first actuator and a second actuator within the vehicle control system,
wherein the program is stored in the controller, the controller being independently coupled to each of a first actuator via a first link and a second actuator via a second link within the vehicle control system, each of the first link and the second link comprising a combined data and power link
wherein the first actuator performs a first vehicle function and the second actuator performs a second vehicle function,
wherein the first vehicle function is associated with a different vehicle system than the second vehicle function,
wherein the first vehicle function is associated with one of a group of vehicle systems consisting of: power door locks, power windows, power mirrors, power seats, power steering, and power wipers, and
wherein the second vehicle function is associated with a different one of the group of vehicle systems consisting of: power door locks, power windows, power mirrors, power seats, power steering, and power wipers.