Patent · US Expired

Method of operating a control system for the control of motor vehicle components

US6006143A · kind A · utility

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5References

10Claims

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Assignee

Kiekert AG · DE

Inventors

Peter Bartel · Hattingen, DE
Wilfried Ostermann · Essen, DE
Fred Welskopf · Herne, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 24, 1996
Grant date	Dec 21, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 24, 2016

Classification

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

Abstract

A method of operating a control system for controlling the electrically-operated components of a motor vehicle in which a central processor and satellite processors for the components are connected with a multiplex single-conductor bus and master signals and control signals are transmitted bidirectionally between the processors along the bus. The central processor and the satellite processors can both operate as masters with respective characteristic addresses and the satellite or central processor upon receipt of a master signal and/or control signal can issue master or control signals with a priority determined by the bus access times of the respective signals.

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