Modular Smart Controller for Electric Motor
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsKevin Orava, George Marutz, Luis Angel Ramirez Ortiz
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Abstract
A modular smart motor assembly comprising a controller and electric motor. The modular smart motor assembly is part of a smart motor system within a vehicle, and operable to adjust configurable elements of the interior of the vehicle. The controller may be detachably coupled to the electric motor, and may be utilized to retrofit existing electric motor systems.
Claims20
A smart motor system comprising:
- a sensor operable to generate sensor data indicating at least one parameter measuring an arrangement of a configurable element of a vehicle interior:
- a controller in first data communication with the sensor;
- a motor in electrical communication with the controller, the motor operated by an electrical signal transmitted via the electrical communication;
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- an interface in second data communication with the controller and configured to present system data indicating operating parameters of the smart motor system to a user,
- wherein the controller is operable to prevent operation of the motor when the at least one parameter indicates that the arrangement of the configurable element is beyond a threshold value and wherein the first data communication comprises a Local Interconnection Network (LIN).
A smart motor system comprising:
- a first motor configured to respond to electrical stimulus and operable to control an arrangement of a first configurable element of a vehicle interior;
- a second motor configured to respond to electrical stimulus and operable to control an arrangement of a second configurable element of a vehicle interior;
- a controller in electrical communication with the first motor and the second motor;
- a first sensor in data communication with the controller and operable to generate first sensor data indicating at least a first parameter measuring the arrangement of the first configurable element;
- a second sensor in data communication with the controller and operable to generate second sensor data indicating at least a second parameter measuring the arrangement of the second configurable element;
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- an interface in data communication with the controller and configured to present system data indicating operating parameters of the smart motor system to a user,
- wherein the controller is operable to prevent operation of the first motor when the first parameter indicates that the arrangement of the first configurable element is beyond a first threshold value, the controller is operable to prevent operation of the second motor when the second parameter indicates that the arrangement of the second configurable element is beyond a second threshold value, and wherein the data communication comprises a Local Interconnection Network (LIN).
The smart motor of him 13, wherein the controller is operable to prevent operation of the first motor when the second parameter indicates that the arrangement of the second configurable element is beyond a third threshold value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.