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Bus subscriber for a bus system, bus system for a motor vehicle, and method for allocating addresses in a bus system

US9244859B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

Stephan Krell · Schwabach, DE
Wolf Goetze · Bad Neustadt an der Saale, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 30, 2013
Grant date	Jan 26, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 30, 2033

Classification

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

Abstract

A bus system that has at least two lines. A bus subscriber has at least one connection element that has at least two contacts that can each be connected to one of the lines. An address allocation device can be used to ascertain an address for the bus subscriber in the bus system on the basis of a respective connection state of the contacts with respect to the lines. Also, a method allocates addresses in the bus system.

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