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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2020
Knorr-bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Huba Nemeth, Budapest, HU;
Csaba Kokrehel, Budapest, HU;
Adam Bardos, Martonvasar, HU;
Gabor Toereki, Erd, HU;
KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for providing a redundant communication within a vehicle architecture is disclosed. The vehicle architecture includes a plurality of commanded units, each being configured to be controlled by redundant communication lines. The apparatus includes at least a first control unit and a second control unit, which are connected by an interlink communication line and which are each configured to: communicate with the commanded units through one of the redundant communications lines; and communicate with each other through the communication lines by controlling at least one of the plurality of commanded units to act as a gateway unit and to forward information between the redundant communication lines.