US 12,257,994 B2
Electric system for a vehicle
Huba Nemeth, Budapest (HU); Levente Balogh, Szigetszentmiklós (HU); Csaba Horvath, Biatorbagy (HU); and Falk Hecker, Markgroeningen (DE)
Assigned to KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH, Munich (DE)
Filed by KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH, Munich (DE)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/462,297.
Application 18/462,297 is a continuation of application No. 16/327,245, granted, now 11,780,415, previously published as PCT/EP2017/070592, filed on Aug. 14, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 16187848 (EP), filed on Sep. 8, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406272 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B60T 8/17 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01); B60T 7/04 (2006.01); B60T 7/20 (2006.01); B60T 8/24 (2006.01); B60T 8/32 (2006.01); B60T 13/66 (2006.01); B60T 13/68 (2006.01); B60T 17/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60T 8/1708 (2013.01) [B60R 1/1207 (2013.01); B60T 7/042 (2013.01); B60T 7/20 (2013.01); B60T 8/248 (2013.01); B60T 8/323 (2013.01); B60T 13/662 (2013.01); B60T 13/683 (2013.01); B60T 17/004 (2013.01); G09G 5/00 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1253 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1284 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric system of a vehicle, which includes an electronically controlled brake system (EBS), comprising:
a steering angle sensor unit that measures the steering angle of a steering wheel;
at least one control module;
at least one first inertia sensor; and
an electronic braking system central control unit (EBS ECU) of the EBS,
wherein the at least one control module is external to the steering angle sensor unit,
wherein the at least one control module is external to the EBS ECU,
wherein at least one of the at least one control module has mounted in it, within it or on it one of the at least one first inertia sensor,
wherein the at least one control module, for which in, on or within which is mounted the one of the at least one first inertia sensor, is configured to be in communication contact with the EBS ECU,
wherein a second inertia sensor is located externally to the at least one control module,
wherein a first power supply is configured to power the at least one first inertia sensor,
wherein a second power supply is configured to power the second inertia sensor,
wherein the first inertia sensor is configured to capture a first inertia information with respect to the at least one control module,
wherein the second inertia sensor is configured to capture a second inertia information with respect to a location of the second inertia sensor,
wherein the first inertia sensor and the second inertia sensor being located at different locations capture the first and the second inertia information independently to determine an accurate inertia information of the vehicle, and
wherein the second inertia information provided independently from the first inertia sensor such that the second inertia information is provided even when:
the first inertia sensor fails, or
the first power supply fails.