Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130106179 | CONTROL UNIT FOR OPERATING A SAFETY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A SAFETY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE | 05-02-2013 |
20130124051 | CONTROL UNIT FOR OPERATING A SAFETY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A SAFETY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A control unit and a method for operating a safety system for a vehicle are proposed. A step-up converter configured as a switching converter is provided. The step-up converter converts an input voltage, which is derived from a vehicle battery voltage, into a higher charging voltage at its output. In addition, at least one energy reserve storage is provided which is charged via the charging voltage for operating the safety system in the case of autonomous operation. At least one step-down converter is operated inversely with respect to the step-up converter, the at least one step-down converter converting down the charging voltage or a voltage which is output by the at least one energy reserve storage. | 05-16-2013 |
20140300184 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE VOLTAGE SUPPLY OF AN OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEM - A device for the voltage supply of an occupant protection system in a motor vehicle having a switching unit and a voltage supply unit, which supplies an operating voltage to the occupant protection system, the switching unit providing a supply voltage to the voltage supply unit when the supply voltage exceeds a predefined threshold value voltage level. A configuration unit is also provided which provides various reference voltage levels for the switching unit as threshold value voltage levels. | 10-09-2014 |
20140375327 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A VOLTAGE SUPPLY FOR A VEHICLE SYSTEM - A device for monitoring a voltage supply for a vehicle system includes a self-diagnostic function which evaluates a logic state of the comparison signal which is output by a comparison device as a function of an input signal, and checks whether a reset signal which corresponds to the output comparison signal is generatable. The self-diagnostic function recognizes a malfunction of the comparison device when the evaluated logic state of the comparison signal does not match an expected logic state. The self-diagnostic function recognizes a malfunction of the reset device when the checked logic state of the reset signal does not match an expected logic state. | 12-25-2014 |
20150120084 | Method and device for monitoring an energy reserve and safety device for a vehicle - A method for monitoring an energy reserve for a safety device for a vehicle includes the task of evaluating a change of a voltage present in the energy reserve between a starting value suitable for operating the safety device and a test voltage value suitable for operating the safety device to monitor the energy reserve. | 04-30-2015 |
20150123634 | INTEGRATED REGULATOR, IN PARTICULAR VOLTAGE REGULATOR, AND CONTROLLER FOR PASSENGER PROTECTION MEANS, WITH CONFIGURABLE OUTPUT VOLTAGE OF THE CONTROLLER - An integrated regulator, in particular a voltage regulator, for a personal protection arrangement in a vehicle, includes a regulating element that converts an input signal into an output signal having a defined value, and a control application circuit that applies control to the regulating element to generate the output signal having the defined value. The control application circuit outputs the output signal via the regulating element with at least two different selectable values as a function of a specifying signal, such that for selection of the value of the output signal, a configuration circuit receives at least one configuration signal and, as a function of a configuration ascertained in the context of evaluation, selects one of at least two different specifying signals and applies it to the control application circuit to output the output signal having the selected value. | 05-07-2015 |
20150153752 | INTEGRATED REGULATOR, IN PARTICULAR A VOLTAGE REGULATOR, AND A CONTROL UNIT FOR OCCUPANT PROTECTION MEANS - An integrated regulator is described, in particular a voltage regulator for occupant protection means in a vehicle, including a regulating element, which converts an input signal into an output signal having a predefined value, and a trigger circuit, which activates the regulating element to generate the output signal having the predefined value. A configuration circuit is provided, which receives and evaluates at least one configuration signal and deactivates the regulating element as a function of the evaluation. | 06-04-2015 |
20150343978 | energy supply unit and method for operating an energy supply unit for autonomously supplying a consumer - An energy supply unit for supplying a consumer, includes an energy store to supply electric when the consumer is decoupled from an energy supply network. The energy supply unit includes an energy supply controller having an input coupled to the energy store, via a diode, for receiving electric energy and an output for delivering electric energy, and a monitoring unit for outputting a monitoring signal, configured to set the monitoring signal to an active state when an output voltage between the output and a reference potential is lower/greater than a predefined activation threshold value, the monitoring unit configured, when an excessively low input voltage is identified between the input and reference potential of the controller, especially paired with an excessively low output voltage, the monitoring signal is switched to the inactive state when the input voltage is above a reset threshold and the output voltage is within the monitoring band. | 12-03-2015 |