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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2002
Werner Nitschke, Ditzingen, DE;
Klaus-dieter Meier, Leonberg, DE;
Knut Balzer, Beilstein, DE;
Ewald Mauritz, Weissach, DE;
Heiko Buehring, Oldenburg, DE;
Hans Bogenrieder, Ingolstadt, DE;
Bernd Pfaffeneder, Lappersdorf, DE;
Holger Wulff, Ingolstadt, DE;
Werner Nitschke, Ditzingen, DE;
Klaus-Dieter Meier, Leonberg, DE;
Knut Balzer, Beilstein, DE;
Ewald Mauritz, Weissach, DE;
Heiko Buehring, Oldenburg, DE;
Hans Bogenrieder, Ingolstadt, DE;
Bernd Pfaffeneder, Lappersdorf, DE;
Holger Wulff, Ingolstadt, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A bus station for connection to a bus system for a restraining device and/or sensor is used for muting a defective bus station or to have automatic error management carried out in the bus station, to enable the bus station to transmit properly again. For this purpose, the transmitting current and/or the power consumption of the bus station is monitored. The transmitting stage is triggered and, if appropriate, isolated from the bus station as a function of this monitoring. In a refinement a backup transmitting stage may be connected as a replacement for the defective transmitting stage.