Patent · US Expired

Device for automatically detecting a generator type of a motor vehicle

US6555930B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Walter Kohl · Bietigheim, DE
Burkhard Hiller · Oberriexingen, DE
Klaus Ries-Mueller · Bad Rappenau, DE
Helmut Suelzle · Memmingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 9, 2001
Grant date	Apr 29, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 9, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH02P9/02
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to the invention, an apparatus for automatically detecting a motor vehicle's generator type is proposed, in which the characteristic voltage course is measured at a terminal (DF) of the generator (1) and compared with values stored in memory. Via an interface (3), a control unit (5) is connected to the controller (2) or generator (1) and evaluates the voltage change (&dgr;DF) upon a load change. To that end, the voltage at the terminal (DF) is measured and evaluated before the electrical load (8) is turned on, after it is turned, and after it is turned off. By means of this apparatus, advantageously not only the generator type (A, B) but also incorrect installations can be ascertained.

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