US 12,437,589 B2
Use of acoustic vehicle alerting systems for battery powered heavy-duty vehicles
Sondre Landvik, Gothenburg (SE); and Sebastien Ragot, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/733,353.
Claims priority of application No. 21179292 (EP), filed on Jun. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0398881 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G07C 5/08 (2006.01); B60L 3/12 (2006.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60R 16/03 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 5/0833 (2013.01) [B60L 3/12 (2013.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 2200/28 (2013.01); B60R 16/03 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control unit for an electrically powered vehicle unit,
the vehicle control unit comprising at least one input port arranged to receive data associated with a status of one or more electrical system components, the vehicle control unit comprising an output port arranged to trigger a warning signal by an acoustic vehicle alerting system, AVAS, already present in the vehicle, wherein the vehicle control unit is arranged to detect onset of an electrical system fault condition based on the received data, and to trigger a warning signal by the AVAS in case an electrical system fault condition is detected, and is arranged to receive data associated with a load on one or more vehicle axles, and to trigger an information signal by the AVAS in case the load exceeds a pre-determined load threshold.