Current distributor and protection system for a vehicle
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorThomas Lang
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Abstract
A current distributor for a vehicle, having an input and a plurality of load channels which connect the input to a connected load via a safety fuse and a line in each case, and to a protection system for a vehicle having such a current distributor. In this case, a standby channel connects the input to the connected loads via an electronic fuse, wherein an evaluation and control unit checks the safety fuses for functionality and switches on a semiconductor switch of the electronic fuse and forms a redundant current path between the input and the connected loads via the standby channel if at least one of the safety fuses is identified as having been tripped.
Claims13
A current distributor for a vehicle, the current distributor comprising:
- an input;
- and
- a plurality of load channels each configured to connect the input to one of a plurality of connected loads via one of a plurality of safety fuses and one of a plurality of line,
- wherein a standby channel connects the input to each of the plurality of connected loads via an electronic fuse, and
- wherein an evaluation and control unit monitors each of the plurality of safety fuses for functionality and switches a semiconductor switch of the electronic fuse to a conducting state and forms a redundant current path between the input and each of the plurality of connected loads via the standby channel when at least one of the plurality of safety fuses is identified as having been tripped.
A protection system for a vehicle, comprising
- a voltage source configured to provide an on-board power supply voltage via a main line;
- and
- a current distributor configured to apply the on-board power supply voltage to a plurality of connected loads, the current distributor including
- an input, and
- a plurality of load channels each configured to connect the input to one of the plurality of connected loads via one of a plurality of safety fuses and one of a plurality of lines, wherein a standby channel connects the input to each of the plurality of connected loads via an electronic fuse, and
- wherein an evaluation and control unit monitors each of the plurality of safety fuses for functionality and switches a semiconductor switch of the electronic fuse to a conducting state and forms a redundant current path between the input and each of the plurality of connected loads via the standby channel when at least one of the plurality of safety fuses is identified as having been tripped.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.