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US 7,254,468 B2Granted
Multi-network control system for a vehicle
AssigneeOshkosh Truck Corporation
InventorsDuane R. Pillar, Dale E. Frampton
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Abstract
A vehicle is described herein which includes a first communication network, a second communications network and a router which is used to facilitate communication between the first and second networks.
Claims76
An electric traction vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle platform;
- a first communication network;
- a second communication network;
- a power source mounted on the vehicle platform;
- a plurality of drive wheels rotatably mounted on the vehicle platform;
- a plurality of electric motors which are used to drive the drive wheels;
- a router coupled between the first communication network and the second communication network, the router being used to facilitate communication between the first communication network and the second communication network;
- wherein the first network is primarily used to communicate information related to the operation of chassis devices of the vehicle and the second network is primarily used to communicate information related to the operation of the drivetrain of the vehicle.
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An electric traction vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle platform;
- a first communication network;
- a second communication network;
- a power source mounted on the vehicle platform;
- a plurality of drive wheels rotatably mounted on the vehicle platform;
- a plurality of electric motors which are used to drive the drive wheels;
- a router coupled between the first communication network and the second communication network, the router being used to facilitate communication between the first communication network and the second communication network;
- and
- wherein the vehicle comprising a backup router which is used to facilitate communication of at least critical messages between the first communication network and the second communication network if the router fails.
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A vehicle comprising:
- an internal combustion engine;
- a vehicle platform;
- a plurality of drive wheels rotatably coupled to the vehicle platform;
- a first communication network;
- a second communication network;
- a router coupled between the first communication network and the second communication network, the router being used to prevent at least substantially all of the messages transmitted by a device on one of the first or second networks from being communicated to the other one of the first or second networks;
- wherein the first network is primarily used to communicate information related to the operation of chassis devices of the vehicle and the second network is primarily used to communicate information related to the operation of the drivetrain of the vehicle.
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A vehicle comprising:
- an internal combustion engine;
- a vehicle platform;
- a plurality of drive wheels rotatably coupled to the vehicle platform;
- a first communication network;
- a second communication network;
- a router coupled between the first communication network and the second communication network, the router being used to communicate messages between the first and second networks;
- wherein at least a portion of the messages include an identifier field and a data field, at least a portion of the data field being used by the router to determine where to forward the messages between the first and second networks and/or whether to forward the messages between the first and second networks;
- wherein the first network is primarily used to communicate information related to the operation of chassis devices of the vehicle and the second network is primarily used to communicate information related to the operation of the drivetrain of the vehicle.
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An electric traction vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle platform;
- a first communication network;
- a second communication network;
- a third communication network;
- a power source mounted on the vehicle platform;
- a plurality of drive wheels rotatably mounted on the vehicle platform;
- a plurality of electric motors which are used to drive the drive wheels;
- a router coupled between the first, second, and third networks, the router being used to filter and/or forward messages between the first, second, and third networks;
- wherein the first network is primarily used to communicate information related to the operation of chassis devices of the vehicle and the second network is primarily used to communicate information related to the operation of the drivetrain of the vehicle.
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A vehicle comprising:
- an internal combustion engine;
- a vehicle platform;
- a plurality of drive wheels rotatably coupled to the vehicle platform;
- a first communication network;
- a second communication network;
- a router coupled between the first communication network and the second communication network, the router being used to prevent at least substantially all of the messages transmitted by a device on one of the first or second networks from being communicated to the other one of the first or second networks;
- wherein the vehicle comprises a third communication network, wherein the router is coupled to the third communication network and is used to prevent at least substantially all of the messages transmitted by a device on one of the first, second, or third networks from being communicated to the remaining ones of the first, second, or third networks.
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A vehicle comprising:
- an internal combustion engine;
- a vehicle platform;
- a plurality of drive wheels rotatably coupled to the vehicle platform;
- a first communication network;
- a second communication network;
- a router coupled between the first communication network and the second communication network, the router being used to communicate messages between the first and second networks;
- wherein at least a portion of the messages include an identifier field and a data field, at least a portion of the data field being used by the router to determine where to forward the messages between the first and second networks and/or whether to forward the messages between the first and second networks;
- wherein the vehicle comprises a third communication network coupled to the router, wherein the router uses the at least a portion of the data field to determine where to forward the messages between the first, second, or third networks and/or whether to forward the messages between the first, second, or third networks.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.