Patent ID: 9440102
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: A62C

Claim Text:
1. A system for suppressing fire in a plurality of vehicle compartments, the system comprising: an electronic control module; a first sensor configured to detect fire in a first compartment; a second sensor configured to detect fire in a second compartment; a first data bus operatively coupling the electronic control module with the first and second sensors in a first electrical loop completed by a first terminator module; a first node configured to release a first fire suppressing agent in the first compartment; a second node configured to release a second fire suppressing agent in the second compartment; and a second data bus operatively coupling the electronic control module with the first and second nodes in a second electrical loop completed by a second terminator module, the second data bus communicating with the first and second nodes independently of the first data bus communicating with the first and second sensors; wherein polls on the first data bus from the electronic control module to the first and second sensors include smaller size messages that occur more frequently than polls on the second data bus from the electronic control module to the first and second nodes.