Abstract: An auxiliary lean control system is provided for controlling a lean angle of at least a portion of a vehicle. The auxiliary lean control system includes an energy storage device for storing energy to actuate the lean control system, a stabilizing mechanism coupled to the energy storage device and to the at least a portion of the vehicle for applying energy received from the energy storage device to the at least a portion of the vehicle to adjust the lean angle of the at least a portion of a vehicle, and a linkage coupled to the energy storage device and to the stabilizing mechanism for transferring energy from the energy storage device to the stabilizing mechanism. The auxiliary lean control system controls the lean angle of the portion of the vehicle in an absence of control of the lean angle by a primary lean control system.

Abstract: Systems and methods for multiple input instrumentation buses are disclosed. In one embodiment, a bus assembly includes a control module adapted to be coupled to a network, and a plurality of nodes operatively coupled in a linear topology. A plurality of interface modules are coupled to the nodes. At least one node is adapted to receive a primary response signal from the correspondingly coupled interface module, and a secondary response signal from at least one other node, and to determine which of the primary and secondary response signals arrived first, and to output a corresponding one of the primary and secondary response signals that arrived first.