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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
May. 17, 2022
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
An active discharge circuit for a vehicle discharge device; for discharging a vehicle intermediate circuit, includes a connector for connection to an intermediate circuit element of the vehicle intermediate circuit; a circuit arrangement parallel-connected to the connector and having at discharge element and at switching element, the switching element being designed to electrically contact the discharge element to the connector in a closed switching state and not to electrically contact the discharge element to the connector in an open switching state; and a discrete discharge circuit being designed to adjust the switching states in the switching element by pulse width modulation during discharging of the at least one intermediate circuit element.