Back to results
US 2026/0214866 A1Published application
Control Device and Method for Cooling Control Units
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorDaniel MATLOK
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The invention relates to a control device for a motor vehicle in which at least two mutually redundant control units are jointly housed. A cooling means cools the control units during a normal operation. An emergency cooling means cools the cooling means during an emergency operation in which the cooling means alone cannot adequately cool the control units.
Claims11
1-10. (canceled)
A control device for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- at least two mutually redundant control units;
- a housing that houses the control units;
- a cooling means configured to cool the control units during normal operation;
- and
- an emergency cooling means configured to cool the cooling means during an emergency operation where the cooling means alone cannot adequately cool the control units.
2 more elements
A method for cooling at least two mutually redundant control units that are accommodated in a joint housing, the method comprising:
- cooling the control units by a cooling means in a normal operation;
- and
- cooling the control units by an emergency cooling means in an emergency operation in which the cooling means alone cannot adequately cool the control units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.