Patent ID: 6448671
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A distributed vehicle safety system comprising:a plurality of control/device arrangements for accomplishing a function associated with safety at a vehicle; bus means for conveying communication to said control/device arrangements; and a plurality of bus connector means for connecting said plurality of control/device arrangements to said bus means, each bus connector means including switch means for enabling communication between a respective control/device arrangement and said bus means and for disabling communication between said respective control/device arrangement and said bus means in response to a fault condition at a component associated with said respective control/device arrangement; and a plurality of electronic switches, interposed along a line of said bus connector means, each associated with a respective one of said control/device arrangements and for enabling or disabling passage of communication on said bus means beyond the respective electronic switch in response to a fault condition at a component associated with a control/device arrangement located beyond the respective electronic switch.