Zf Friedrichshafen Ag

Continental Automotive Gmbh

Paul Bange

Thomas Maier

Mohammad Kabany

Bernd Meier

Kai Leingruber

Ulrich Schmidt

Malte Jacobi

Philipp Schmachtenberger

Christian Aigner

Matthias Peuckert

Gerald Kolar

Andreas Hof

Georg Willmann

An electrical assembly () having a first ground connection (), a second ground connection (), and a supply connection (). The electrical assembly is designed for connecting with an electrical voltage between the supply connection () and at least one of the ground connections (). The assembly () includes a first electrical consumer () which is connected to the supply connection () and the first ground connection (). A component () connects the second ground connection () to the first consumer (). The component () is designed to produce a predetermined voltage drop.

Electrical unit

A method for determining a current that flows through a load, wherein the current comprises a DC component and a dithering component, and the dithering component is modified in predetermined time intervals, comprises steps for recording a momentary current; determining a dithering parameter; and determining the current based on the momentary current and the dithering parameter.

Current monitoring in a load

The disclosure relates to a control device for controlling a load, wherein the control device comprises the following elements: a first current control valve between a first port of the load and a first potential of an operating voltage; a second current control valve between a second port of the load and a second potential of the operating voltage; a processor configured to actuate the second current control valve when the first current control valve is closed, in order to control a current through the load; and a sampling device for determining an input voltage through the first current control valve, wherein the processor is configured to determine the presence of a short circuit between the first port and the first potential if the input voltage does not increase when the first current control valve is opened gradually.

Safe control of a consumer

A motor vehicle monitoring apparatus has a controller as a component of a control loop for controlling the electric current of an actuator. The vehicle power supply system voltage of a motor vehicle voltage source is applied to the actuator. A correction unit is provided in the forward path of the control loop between the controller and a subordinate actuator element of the control loop and applies the actuation signal output by the controller with a correction factor which is proportional to the reciprocal value of the instantaneous vehicle power supply system voltage.

Motor vehicle monitoring apparatus and associated method for controlling the electric current of an actuator

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Regenstauf, Germany

Paul Bange