Robert Boschgmbh

Edgar Kuhn

Walter Kohl

Willi Gansert

Rainer Mittag

Gunter Schramm

Guenter Schramm

Harry Slansky

Ulrich Munz

Rainer Leunig

Dual-level-output circuit for charging generator

Battery charging system with fault indication

An electrical heating arrangement for a motor vehicle comprises a heating resistor that is energizable directly by the power generator provided that within a network of consuming devices failure has been detected and also provided that essential elements of the network such as battery or engine temperature are within predetermined limits. Upon detection of a failure this error condition is optically indicated and the connection between the heating resistor and the generator is interrupted.

Vehicle heating system with failure detection means

A plurality of threshold switches or comparators, at least two and preferably five to seven are provided to compare actual generator output voltage (u.sub.g) with respect to various threshold levels derived from battery voltage, and normal and abnormal and highly abnormal or excessive voltage conditions. Actual generator voltage is sensed by providing a separate set of rectifiers (14) connected to the generator (10) and providing output voltage signals representative only of the magnetism of the field--remanent or excited--and generator speed, independently of loading and battery voltage, to permit monitoring actual operation of the generator in relation to the connected network and battery. One (76) of the threshold switches or comparators is provided to inhibit energization of the field winding by the voltage regulator (20) if the voltage of the generator, as sensed, exceeds a predetermined level (eg. 18 V in a 12 V system), other threshhold switches providing malfunction indication upon concurrence of either excessive voltage, or undervoltage conditions at various test points within the generator-voltage regulator network system and combination.

Self-contained, particularly vehicular network with malfunction

Ripple-compensated voltage regulator, particularly for automotive use

To protect the battery in an automotive electrical system against over-charging upon failure of the voltage regulator to control current flow through the field of an automotive alternator, the field current is conducted through an interruptable network element, for example a fuse or a relay controlled switch. A voltage sensing network, for example a Zener diode, is connected to control current flow through a controlling element, for example a thyristor, which provides either an auxiliary current to burn out the fuse or a control current to the relay coil to interrupt connection to the field if over-voltage has been sensed. Simultaneously, an indicator lamp can be energized to indicate malfunction of the voltage regulator.

Over-voltage protected, self-contained mobile electrical network system,

To permit elimination of separate exciter diodes of a vehicular three-phase alternator, and yet reliably ensure protection of the vehicular battery and provide an indication of discharge of the battery and hence possible failure of any excitation for the alternator, while additionally providing an indication of possible damage to the battery due to overvoltage conditions, the field of the alternator is separately excited from the battery through a voltage regulator connected to the main switch, and a low-voltage and high-voltage indicator is connected in parallel to the battery, preferably an LED triggered to illumination upon response of one of two threshold sensing circuits which sense undervoltage and overvoltage conditions of the battery beyond a predetermined voltage range.

On-board vehicular electrical power supply system

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Gerlingen, Germany

Edgar Kuhn