A vehicle rollover engine protection and location system 10 for an off-road vehicle includes an inertial sensor unit 22, a communication bus 18 for providing communication from both the rollover sensor 22 and a global positioning system 40 to an electronic control unit 12. When a vehicle rollover has occurred, a processor 14 of the electronic control unit 12 is configured to stop providing fuel to an engine of the off-road vehicle, stop operation of the fuel pump, determine a location of the off-road vehicle from signals of the global positioning system, perform a rollover emergency call to actively indicate rollover of the off-road vehicle, and transmit a location signal.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE ROLLOVER ENGINE PROTECTION, EMERGENCY CALL AND LOCATION SERVICES
2017-02-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | F02D CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES , Steuern oder Regeln von Brennkraftmaschinen / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung / H04W WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS , Drahtlose Kommunikationsnetze |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE ROLLOVER ENGINE PROTECTION, EMERGENCY CALL AND LOCATION SERVICES
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