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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Johann Kirchhoffer, Cologne, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for operating an on-board electrical network () of a motor vehicle (), having a first voltage circuit (I) and a second voltage circuit (II), the first voltage circuit (I) having a first operating voltage which is higher than a second operating voltage in the second voltage circuit (II), wherein the first voltage circuit (I) is connected to the second voltage circuit (II), the first voltage circuit (I) having a battery () and the second voltage circuit (II) having at least one main battery () and a second main battery (), wherein the first main battery () and the second main battery () have essentially the same capacity, and wherein components of the motor vehicle () are supplied with electrical operating energy from the first main battery () and/or the second main battery () by means of a switch assembly ().