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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2022
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Tobias Grassl, Denkendorf, DE;
Jan Schmäling, Hann. Münden, DE;
Samy Arnaout, Kassel, DE;
Marko Kertes, Munich, DE;
Markus Novotny, Zierenberg, DE;
Tobias Knoke, Brakel, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
VOLKSWAGEN AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Abstract
A method, by a control device, to activate an active discharge circuit to discharge a capacitive energy storage of at least one electrical consumer of an on-board power supply for a motor vehicle. An energy source for the on-board power supply can be coupled to the on-board power supply and be disconnected from the on-board power supply by a switching device. The control device receives a signal (S) for activating the active discharge circuit, examines, after receiving the signal (S), if the energy source is disconnected from the on-board power supply according to at least one first criterion, and activates the active discharge circuit only upon satisfaction of a condition that the energy source has been disconnected from the on-board power supply according to the at least one first criterion.