IP Library Granted Patent US 9,864,664
Granted Patent B2
US 9,864,664 · App. 14/365,666 · Granted Jan 9, 2018

Diagnostics method for device for controlling a motor vehicle powered by an electric motor, and associated device

Inventors: Alain Gonzalez (Castelginest, FR); Jeremy Pasquier (Rieux, FR); Stephan Vales (Eaunes, FR)
Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
G06F11/221B60L3/00Y02T90/16
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Patent No.
US 9,864,664
App. No.
14/365,666
Granted
Jan 9, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A diagnostic method for a control device of a motor vehicle with an electric propulsion motor, including: an electronic control unit ( 500 ); a data communication bus (Tx; Rx) connecting at least the electronic control unit ( 500 ) and a controller of the electric motor; and a controller ( 510 ) of the data communication bus (Tx; Rx); includes the following steps: the disabling of the controller ( 510 ) of the data communication bus (Tx; Rx) by the electronic control unit ( 500 ), the transmission by the electronic control unit of a signal frame on the data communication bus (Tx; Rx), the reading by the electronic control unit of the signals traveling along the data communication bus (Tx; Rx), and the issue of the positive safety diagnosis if the signal frame is not read by the electronic control unit.

Claims (2)

1. A method comprising: A diagnostic method for a control device of a motor vehicle with an electric propulsion motor, comprising: an electronic control unit, a data communication bus for communication between at least the electronic control unit and a control driver of the electric motor, a control driver of the data communication bus, including the following steps: inhibiting the control driver of the data communication bus for communication by the electronic control unit, emitting by the electronic control unit of a signal frame on the data communication bus for communication which does not correspond to a standard frame of the protocol of the data communication bus for communication, reading by the electronic control unit of the signals traveling along the data communication bus for communication, and setting up a positive safety diagnosis if the signal frame is not read by the electronic control unit.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the signal frame is limited to a test bit.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2023
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH; VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 063425/0149 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2023
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE S.A.S.; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 062492/0737 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2014
From: GONZALEZ, ALAIN; PASQUIER, JEREMY; VALES, STEPHAN
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 033607/0342 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 11 03966 · Dec 21, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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