Patent ID: 6378959
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B60R,B60T

Abstract:
A communications system for a vehicle for communicating a status of an antilock braking system positioned on the vehicle, the communications system comprising:a power bus which supplies electrical power to the vehicle; spread spectrum signal producing means, responsive to a status signal from the antilock braking system and positioned on the vehicle, for producing a spread spectrum data communications signal representing the status of the antilock braking system on the power bus, wherein said spread spectrum signal producing means comprises means for producing said spread spectrum data communications signal from the status signal; and status determining means responsive to the power bus, for determining the status of the antilock braking system from the spread spectrum data communications signal, wherein said status determining means comprises: spread spectrum signal receiving means, responsive to the power bus, for receiving said spread spectrum data communications signal; and means, responsive to said spread spectrum signal receiving means, for determining the status of the antilock braking system from the received spread spectrum data communications signal.