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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
May. 22, 2010
Josef Winkler, Kipfenberg, DE;
Johannes Pforr, München, DE;
Josef Winkler, Kipfenberg, DE;
Johannes Pforr, München, DE;
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Hochschule Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method allowing the advantageous operation of an on-board electrical system () of a motor vehicle without high energy expenditure. Provided is an on-board electrical system () comprising a vehicle battery (), an electrical load () and a double-layer capacitor () with a positive and a negative terminal (). Switching means () are provided that couple the positive terminal () with the vehicle battery () and the negative terminal () with the electrical load () in a first switching state, and that have at least one additional switching state. In the first switching state, an overvoltage can be compensated since the double-layer capacitor () is connected in series with opposite polarity to the vehicle battery (). Preferably, the polarity of the double-layer capacitor () can be reversed, and the latter can be bridged. The switching means () can also assume a switching state in which the electrical load () is decoupled from the vehicle battery ().