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US 12,257,994 B2Granted
Electric system for a vehicle
AssigneeKNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
InventorsHuba Nemeth, Levente Balogh, Csaba Horvath, Falk Hecker
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Abstract
An electric system of a vehicle including an electronically controlled braking system. The electric system has a steering angle sensor unit, at least one control module, at least one first inertia sensor and an electronic braking system central control unit EBS ECU. The at least one control module is external to the steering angle sensor unit. The at least one control module is also external to the EBS ECU. At least one of the at least one control module has mounted within it one of the at least one first inertia sensor.
Claims12
An electric system of a vehicle, which includes an electronically controlled brake system (EBS), comprising:
- a steering angle sensor unit that measures the steering angle of a steering wheel;
- at least one control module;
- at least one first inertia sensor;
- and
- an electronic braking system central control unit (EBS ECU) of the EBS,
- wherein the at least one control module is external to the steering angle sensor unit,
- wherein the at least one control module is external to the EBS ECU,
- wherein at least one of the at least one control module has mounted in it, within it or on it one of the at least one first inertia sensor,
- wherein the at least one control module, for which in, on or within which is mounted the one of the at least one first inertia sensor, is configured to be in communication contact with the EBS ECU,
- wherein a second inertia sensor is located externally to the at least one control module,
- wherein a first power supply is configured to power the at least one first inertia sensor,
- wherein a second power supply is configured to power the second inertia sensor,
- wherein the first inertia sensor is configured to capture a first inertia information with respect to the at least one control module,
- wherein the second inertia sensor is configured to capture a second inertia information with respect to a location of the second inertia sensor,
- wherein the first inertia sensor and the second inertia sensor being located at different locations capture the first and the second inertia information independently to determine an accurate inertia information of the vehicle, and
- wherein the second inertia information provided independently from the first inertia sensor such that the second inertia information is provided even when:
- the first inertia sensor fails, or
- the first power supply fails.
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A vehicle comprising:
- an electric system of a vehicle, which includes:
- an electronically controlled brake system (EBS), which comprises:
- a steering angle sensor unit that measures the steering angle of a steering wheel;
- at least one control module;
- at least one first inertia sensor;
- and
- an electronic braking system central control unit (EBS ECU) of the EBS,
- wherein the at least one control module is external to the steering angle sensor unit,
- wherein the at least one control module is external to the EBS ECU,
- wherein at least one of the at least one control module has mounted in it, within it or on it one of the at least one first inertia sensor,
- wherein the at least one control module, for which in, on or within which is mounted the one of the at least one first inertia sensor, is configured to be in communication contact with the EBS ECU,
- wherein a second inertia sensor is located externally to the at least one control module,
- wherein a first power supply is configured to power the at least one first inertia sensor,
- wherein a second power supply is configured to power the second inertia sensor,
- wherein the first inertia sensor is configured to capture a first inertia information with respect to the at least one control module,
- wherein the second inertia sensor is configured to capture a second inertia information with respect to a location of the second inertia sensor,
- wherein the first inertia sensor and the second inertia sensor being located at different locations capture the first and the second inertia information independently to determine an accurate inertia information of the vehicle, and
- wherein the second inertia information provided independently from the first inertia sensor such that the second inertia information is provided even when:
- the first inertia sensor fails, or
- the first power supply fails.
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