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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2023
Zf Cv Systems Global Gmbh, Bern, CH;
Julian Van Thiel, Grossburgwedel, DE;
ZF CV SYSTEMS GLOBAL GMBH, Bern, CH;
Abstract
A vehicle network for data communication between components of a vehicle, where the vehicle network includes: a first data bus; and at least two first switching devices, each switching device having: a first data-bus data interface for connection to the first data bus; a first component data interface for connection to one of the components of the vehicle; a connection state, in which the first data-bus data interface is connected to the first component data interface; a disconnection state, in which the first data-bus data interface is disconnected from the component data interface; a first gate input for activation of the first switching device in order to switch between the connection state and the disconnection state; a first monitoring unit, which is connected to each of the first gate inputs of the switching devices in order to activate the switching devices individually in order to switch between the states.