公开(公告)号：US20220105888A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-07

申请号：US17063623

申请日：2020-10-05

申请人： GUSS Automation LLC

发明人： David Crinklaw ,  Chase Schapansky ,  Gary Thompson

IPC分类号： B60R19/48 ,  B60R19/32 ,  B60R19/28 ,  B60R19/38

摘要： A safety bumper assembly for a vehicle shutting off a vehicle engine when the vehicle hits an obstacle, particularly an autonomous vehicle used for agricultural purposes. The assembly includes bumper shafts holding a bumper bar at a distance from a support structure of the vehicle and shuts off the vehicle engine in such fashion that the vehicle comes to a full stop before the bumper has reached its most inward position closer to the vehicle body. A vehicle equipped with the safety bumper assembly has vehicle frame integrating a support structure of the safety bumper assembly.

公开(公告)号：US11667255B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-06

申请号：US17063623

申请日：2020-10-05

申请人： GUSS Automation LLC

发明人： David Crinklaw ,  Chase Schapansky ,  Gary Thompson

IPC分类号： B60R19/26 ,  B60R19/32 ,  B60R19/48 ,  B60R19/38 ,  B60R19/28

CPC分类号： B60R19/26 ,  B60R19/28 ,  B60R19/32 ,  B60R19/38 ,  B60R19/483

摘要： A safety bumper assembly for a vehicle shutting off a vehicle engine when the vehicle hits an obstacle, particularly an autonomous vehicle used for agricultural purposes. The assembly includes bumper shafts holding a bumper bar at a distance from a support structure of the vehicle and shuts off the vehicle engine in such fashion that the vehicle comes to a full stop before the bumper has reached its most inward position closer to the vehicle body. A vehicle equipped with the safety bumper assembly has vehicle frame integrating a support structure of the safety bumper assembly.

公开(公告)号：US20220283582A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-08

申请号：US17195387

申请日：2021-03-08

申请人： GUSS Automation LLC

发明人： David Crinklaw ,  Chase Schapansky ,  Gary Thompson

IPC分类号： G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W4/90

摘要： An autonomous vehicle safety system, a method of operating the same and an autonomous vehicle equipped with the autonomous vehicle safety system. An autonomous vehicle Bluetooth receiver is connected in a signal transmitting fashion to the engine control unit of an autonomous vehicle. Upon receiving a signal from a remote Bluetooth transmitter at a predefined proximity distance between the transmitter and the receiver, a microcontroller connected to the receiver actuates a relay switch disabling the engine control unit. The engine control unit may then also engage the vehicle breaks, lock the steering in place, and only after not receiving a proximal Bluetooth signal for a particular time span, enable again the autonomous vehicle operating mode.