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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2018
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Christoph Dalke, Kipfenberg, DE;
Daniel Depner, Neutraubling, DE;
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a low-consumption mode of an electronic switching unit, which is supplied with an electrical operating current via a current path, wherein a circuit-external power control unit transmits an activation command for activating the low-consumption mode to the switching unit. A measuring device for generating a consumption signal that is a function of an amperage of the operating current being operated in the current path is disclosed. After the activation command has been transmitted the power control unit uses the consumption signal to determine whether the amperage is still above a threshold value that is specified for the low-consumption mode, and in this case a predetermined emergency measure is initiated to force the low-consumption mode and/or to reduce the amperage.