US 12,459,451 B2
Dynamic current sense adjustment for ring-like power distribution
Thorsten Rosenthal, Mülheim (DE); Andreas Fuchs, Cologne (DE); and Emmanuel Boudoux, Cologne (DE)
Assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/135,787.
Claims priority of application No. 22171429 (EP), filed on May 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356673 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 16/023 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 20/40 (2016.01)
CPC B60R 16/0231 (2013.01) [B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 20/40 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic control unit (ECU) for use in a ring-like power distribution architecture, comprising:
a first ECU terminal for receiving power from a first power source (PS) terminal of a first power source;
wherein the ECU performs operations comprising:
determining whether current is flowing into the first ECU terminal or out of the first ECU terminal; and
adjusting a sensitivity of a first ECU fuse associated with the first ECU terminal based on whether current is flowing into the first ECU terminal or out of the first ECU terminal.