US 12,487,265 B2
Harness with rodent control
Jeffrey Koga, Oshkosh, WI (US); Emily Davis, Rochester, MN (US); Clinton T. Weckwerth, Pine Island, MN (US); Vincent Hoover, Byron, MN (US); Zachary L. Klein, Rochester, MN (US); Jerrod Kappers, Oshkosh, WI (US); Derek A. Wente, Austin, MN (US); Logan Gary, Oshkosh, WI (US); Joshua D. Rocholl, Rochester, MN (US); and Chad K. Smith, Omro, WI (US)
Assigned to Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed by Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/483,946.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/084,141, filed on Sep. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0099723 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. G01R 31/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); G08B 5/22 (2006.01); H01B 7/00 (2006.01); H01B 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 31/006 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0215 (2013.01); G08B 5/22 (2013.01); H01B 7/0045 (2013.01); H01B 7/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fault detection system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
an electrical control unit configured to control one or more electrical systems on the vehicle;
a power source;
a wire harness comprising a plurality of wires, the plurality of wires including (i) a first wire electrically coupled to the electrical control unit and one or more sensors and (ii) a second wire electrically coupled to the power source and at least one of the one or more electrical systems, the second wire is enclosed within a protective covering and wherein the first wire is electrically connected to the second wire at a plurality of pairs of connection points defining a plurality of sections of the second wire within the protective covering;
wherein the electrical control unit is configured to:
obtain a resistance or conductance of each of the plurality of sections of the second wire via the one or more sensors; and
detect a wire conductivity fault in the second wire.