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US 11,590,818 B2Granted
Control device for a vehicle and vehicle with said type of control device
AssigneeZF CV Systems Hannover GmbH
InventorJens Gröger
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Abstract
A control device for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle comprises vehicle axles, a chassis, and at least two sensor modules. The control device comprises an energy supply unit. The control device is configured to supply energy to the at least two sensor modules via the energy supply unit. The at least two sensor modules are permanently connected to one of the vehicle axles of the vehicle. A vehicle is also provided. The vehicle comprises vehicle axles, a chassis, a sensor arrangement, and a control device comprising an energy supply unit. The sensor arrangement comprises at least two sensor modules which are permanently connected to the vehicle axle and each comprise a supply connection for providing energy into the respective sensor module.
Claims17
A control device for a vehicle comprising vehicle axles, a chassis, and at least two sensor modules, the control device comprising:
- an energy supply unit;
- wherein the control device is configured to supply energy to the at least two sensor modules via the energy supply unit,
- wherein the at least two sensor modules are permanently connected to one of the vehicle axles of the vehicle,
- wherein the control device is permanently connected to the chassis of the vehicle, and the control device serves to supply energy to the at least two sensor modules via only one supply line which runs between the chassis and the one of the vehicle axles, and
- wherein the only one supply line includes two conductors, and the control device is configured to receive and process signals which are generated by at least one of the at least two sensor modules and transmitted via the only one supply line, wherein at least one of the at least two sensor modules are configured to generate the signals by modulating the current which is transmitted via the only one supply line, and wherein the current serves at the same time to supply energy to the at least two sensor modules.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- vehicle axles;
- a chassis;
- a sensor arrangement;
- and
- a control device comprising an energy supply unit;
- wherein the sensor arrangement comprises at least two sensor modules which are permanently connected to the vehicle axle of the vehicle and each comprises a supply connection for providing energy into the respective sensor module;
- wherein the supply connection of one of the at least two sensor modules is energy-conductively connected to the energy supply unit of the control device in order to supply energy to the one of the at least two sensor modules which is permanently connected to the vehicle axle;
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- wherein the supply connection of the other sensor module which is permanently connected to the vehicle axle is also energy-conductively connected to the energy supply unit of the control device in order to supply energy at the same time, via the same energy unit of the control device, to the at least two sensor modules which are permanently connected to the vehicle axle,
- wherein the control device is permanently connected to the chassis, and the supply connections of the at least two sensor modules which are permanently connected to the vehicle axle are energy-conductively connected to the energy supply unit of the control device via a single supply line which connects the chassis to the vehicle axle, and wherein the supply line energy-conductively connects a first fixed point, which is permanently connected to the chassis, to a second fixed point, which is permanently connected to the vehicle axle.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- vehicle axles;
- a chassis;
- a sensor arrangement;
- and
- a control device comprising an energy supply unit;
- wherein the sensor arrangement comprises at least two sensor modules which are permanently connected to the vehicle axle of the vehicle and each comprises a supply connection for providing energy into the respective sensor module;
- wherein the supply connection of one of the at least two sensor modules is energy-conductively connected to the energy supply unit of the control device in order to supply energy to the one of the at least two sensor modules which is permanently connected to the vehicle axle;
- wherein the supply connection of the other sensor module which is permanently connected to the vehicle axle is also energy-conductively connected to the energy supply unit of the control device in order to supply energy at the same time, via the same energy unit of the control device, to the at least two sensor modules which are permanently connected to the vehicle axle;
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- wherein a supply line comprises two conductors, to transmit current and/or voltage in a bipolar fashion to the at least two sensor modules, wherein signals which are generated by at least one of the at least two sensor modules can also be transmitted via the two-conductor supply line, and wherein at least one of the at least two sensor modules are configured to generate the signals by modulating a current which is transmitted via the supply line, and the current serves at the same time to supply energy to the at least two sensor modules, and the at least two sensor modules which are configured to be supplied with energy by the energy supply unit of the control device are configured in such a way that the current which is received by the at least two sensor modules does not influence the signals which are generated by the modulating of the current.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.