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Sensor assembly of a vehicle

US12206522B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Michael Gerlach · Weil der Stadt, DE
Albrecht Klotz · Leonberg, DE
Balint Kalman Nagy · Montlingen, CH
Dirk Schmid · Simmozheim, DE
Matthias Renner · Königs Wusterhausen, DE
Stephan Voehringer · Lichtenstein, DE
Thomas Treptow · Leonberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 5, 2021
Grant date	Jan 21, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 28, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2012/40273
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A sensor assembly of a vehicle. The sensor includes a control device, a multitude of sensors, each sensor having an individual sensor identifier, a data bus, which connects each sensor to the control device, and a supply line, which connects each sensor to the control device for a voltage supply. Each sensor has a shunt resistor. All shunt resistors are integrated in series into the supply line. Each sensor is developed to detect a voltage drop at its respective shunt resistor. The control device is developed to actuate each sensor with the aid of the individual sensor identifier and to assign an individual geographical address to each sensor based on the detected voltage drops along the supply line.

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