- Patent Title: Device and method for inhibiting unintended vehicle acceleration
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Application No.: US17213194Application Date: 2021-03-25
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Publication No.: US11359571B2Publication Date: 2022-06-14
- Inventor: Wen-Yi Wu
- Applicant: Wen-Yi Wu
- Applicant Address: TW New Taipei
- Assignee: Wen-Yi Wu
- Current Assignee: Wen-Yi Wu
- Current Assignee Address: TW New Taipei
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Main IPC: F02D41/22
- IPC: F02D41/22 ; F02D17/04 ; F02D41/10 ; F02D41/16 ; F02D41/04

Abstract:
The inhibition device includes a micro-controller configured with a triggering condition including a number of intervals and, for each interval, a corresponding duration and a corresponding threshold. Each interval is a range specifying how much the vehicle's acceleration pedal has changed its position in terms of percentages of a pedal stroke. Each duration specifies the fastest time duration allowable for the acceleration pedal to attain a corresponding interval of pedal position change. The micro-controller converts progress signals of the acceleration pedal to corresponding percentages, obtains a difference DEF between the successive percentages, records a time duration RES between successive progress signals, and calculates DEF/RES=X. When X is greater than or equal to a threshold of a corresponding interval, the micro-controller sends an idle signal to the vehicle's engine control unit or intercepts the progress signals to prevent them from reaching the engine control unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210215115A1 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INHIBITING UNINTENDED VEHICLE ACCELERATION Public/Granted day:2021-07-15
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