Method and Apparatus for Detecting a Defect of a Housing of a Controller

Abstract

An apparatus and method for detecting a defect, in particular a leakage, of a housing of a controller includes (i) capturing a first characteristic variable, which characterizes a humidity within the housing, (ii) determining a parameter depending on the first characteristic variable, wherein the parameter characterizes a dynamic of the humidity within the housing, and (iii) comparing the parameter with at least one predetermined threshold value or one predetermined range of validity, wherein a defect of the housing is detected if the parameter exceeds or falls below the at least one threshold value or the range of validity. A vehicle including a controller having a housing and the apparatus is also disclosed.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.