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Prime mover RPM limiting control

  • US 9,758,040 B1
  • Filed: 07/22/2016
  • Issued: 09/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling the operation of a vehicle prime mover based on the engagement status of one or more safety restraints of the vehicle, said method comprising:

  • monitoring, via a RPM controller of the vehicle, an operational status of the vehicle;

    monitoring, via the RPM controller, an engagement status of at least one passenger safety restraint of the vehicle; and

    limiting, via the RPM controller, a rotational speed of one or more prime mover of the vehicle to a maximum threshold when the vehicle is in an On operational status and the at least one safety restraint is in a disengaged status,wherein limiting the rotational speed of the one or more prime mover to the maximum threshold comprises controlling, via the RPM controller, operation of a throttle of at least one of the one or more prime mover, and wherein controlling the operation of the throttle of the at least one of the one or more prime mover, comprises overriding, via the RPM controller, a throttle command received from an accelerator pedal of the vehicle so that the rotational speed of the one or more prime mover does not exceed the maximum threshold regardless of the throttle command received from an accelerator pedal.

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