Aaron Philip Harris

US Patent:

20200291693, Sep 17, 2020

Filed:

Feb 20, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/795802

Inventors:

- Mishawaka IN, US
Anthony J. DiPerna - Troy MI, US
Aaron Robertson Harris - Washington MI, US
Matthew Allen Collin - Ferndale MI, US

International Classification:

E05B 77/54
B60R 16/023
G05B 9/02

Abstract:

A distributed safety lockout system for a vehicle, such as a recreational vehicle (RV), that includes a plurality of networked devices communicatively coupled via a communications network, and that is configured to implement a method for controlling an electromechanical operation of an electromechanical device based on a safety lockout condition determined through use of a consensus protocol in which a safety lockout status is agreed upon by the networked devices. The safety lockout status may be escalated by a safety lockout condition detection device that detects a safety lockout condition, such as movement of the RV. The safety lockout status may be de-escalated through a network contention mode of the consensus protocol in which each of the networked devices agree to de-escalate the safety lockout status.