Patent · US Expired

Electronic vehicle controller with a databus capability

US6553039B1 · kind B1 · utility

25Cited by

5References

11Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

Martin Huber · Uttenreuth, DE
Helmar Kuder · Alsdorf, DE
Thilo Kuehner · Waiblingen, DE
Peter Lohrmann · Eislingen/Fils, DE
Juergen Minuth · Markdorf, DE
Werner Preuschoff · Bad Liebenzell, DE
Bernd Saeufferer · Neckargemünd, DE
Volker Seefried · Eßlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 8, 1999
Grant date	Apr 22, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 8, 2019

Classification

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

Abstract

An electronic vehicle controller has a processor unit and a communication output stage for coupling the controller to a databus. A data protocol device, which is connected between the processor unit and the communication output stage, variably defines the data protocol to be used for a particular data transfer, as a function of protocol control information which is supplied to its input side. The data protocol device may be in the form of hardware or software, and allows flexible data protocol selection even at the end of the controller development process.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.