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US 10,300,779 B2Granted
Failsafe devices, including transportation vehicles
AssigneeFrampton Ellis
InventorFrampton Ellis
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Abstract
A failsafe device is provided to perform an operation including at least a part or all of one or more of a mechanical system, a hydraulic system, an electrical system, and a chemical system. The failsafe device includes at least one electronic system and an least one non-electronic system. The at least one electronic system is controlled by at least one computer and/or microprocessor. The at least one non-electronic system includes at least one of the mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and chemical systems. The failsafe device is configured to operate in two modes, a normal mode and an emergency mode.
Claims20
A failsafe automobile, comprising:
- the automobile being capable of at least all of the following basic operations:
- a starting operation, a propulsion operation, a transmission operation, a steering operation, a stopping operation, and a lighting operation;
- and
- the automobile including at least one electronic system controlled by at least one computer and/or microprocessor;
- at least the starting, propulsion, transmission, steering, stopping and lighting operations of the automobile having at least two different modes of operation:
- a normal, maximal performance mode of each of the starting, propulsion, transmission, steering, stopping and lighting operations of the automobile, the normal, maximal performance mode being performed with control by the at least one electronic system, and
- an emergency, minimal performance mode of each of the starting, propulsion, transmission, steering, stopping and lighting operations of the automobile, the emergency, minimal performance mode being performed without any control by the at least one electronic system,
- each of the emergency, minimal performance modes of operation of the automobile being configured to perform when the at least one electronic system fails to control the normal, maximal performance mode of the same operation of the automobile,
- the emergency mode of operation being performed by at least one of the following:
- by default automatically or by a manual switch activated by an operator of the automobile.
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A failsafe automobile, comprising:
- the automobile being capable of at least all of the following basic operations:
- a starting operation, a propulsion operation, a transmission operation, a steering operation, a stopping operation, a lighting operation, a battery operation, a heating operation, a cooling operation, and a safety operation;
- and
- the automobile including at least one electronic system controlled by at least one computer and/or microprocessor;
- at least the starting, propulsion, transmission, steering, stopping, lighting, battery, heating, cooling, and safety operations of the automobile having at least two different modes of operation:
- a normal, maximal performance mode of each of the starting, propulsion, transmission, steering, stopping, lighting, battery, heating, cooling, and safety operations of the automobile, the normal, maximal performance mode being performed with control by the at least one electronic system, and
- an emergency, minimal performance mode of each of the starting, propulsion, transmission, steering, stopping, lighting, battery, heating, cooling, and safety operations of the automobile, the emergency, minimal performance mode being performed without any control by the at least one electronic system,
- each of the emergency, minimal performance modes of operation of the automobile being configured to perform when the at least one electronic system fails to control the normal, maximal performance mode of the same operation of the automobile,
- the emergency mode of operation being performed by at least one of the following:
- by default automatically or by a manual switch activated by an operator of the automobile.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.