Wireless backup communication link for vehicle control

• US 6,853,887 B1
• Filed: 09/15/2003
• Issued: 02/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: General Motors Corporation (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Inventors: Greenwell, Randall G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Beaulieu, Yonel
• Application Number:
  US10/662,548
• Time in Patent Office: 512 Days
• Field of Search: 701/1, 701/2, 701/23, 701/24, 701/34
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/24175 Redundant communication channel, if one fails use the other
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2637 Vehicle, car, auto, wheelchair
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/22 using redundant apparatus to increase reliability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40182 by using a plurality of communication lines
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40273 the transportation system being a vehicle

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