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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2022
Zf Cv Systems Global Gmbh, Bern, CH;
Florian Rehm, Wennigsen, DE;
Christian Urban-Seelmann, Neustadt, DE;
ZF CV Systems Global GmbH, Bern, CH;
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for secured communication between control units in a vehicle (). The control units have at least one communication interface (IT) connected to a first part of a wired vehicle bus system (B) for exchanging messages. At least one secured control unit (CU, CU) is connected to the vehicle bus system (B), wherein the secured control unit (CU, CU) has at least one further communication interface (IT), to which a separate part of the vehicle bus system (B') is connected. The secured control unit (CU, CU) has a gateway function (GWF) and security equipment (SE) which fulfills at least the function of a firewall (FW) that is used to ward off attacks on one of the control units in the separate part of the vehicle bus system (B′) from the first part of the vehicle bus system (B).