IP Library Granted Patent US 11,933,831
Granted Patent B2
US 11,933,831 · App. 17/766,993 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Method for monitoring at least one Y-capacitance of an electrical on-board power supply of a vehicle, and electrical on-board power supply

Inventors: Urs Boehme (Ehningen, DE); André Haspel (Sindelfingen, DE)
Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
G01R31/007B60L3/0046G01R31/40
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Patent No.
US 11,933,831
App. No.
17/766,993
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for monitoring at least one Y-capacitance of an electrical on-board power supply of a vehicle includes ascertaining a current capacitance value of the at least one Y-capacitance and a current on-board power supply voltage of the electrical on-board power supply. The method further includes determining a currently stored amount of energy in the at least one Y-capacitance depending on the current on-board power supply voltage of the electrical on-board power supply and the current capacitance value of the at least one Y-capacitance of the electrical on-board power supply, comparing the currently stored amount of energy in the at least one Y-capacitance to a predetermined threshold value, and generating a control signal when the predetermined threshold value is exceeded in the comparing.

Claims (17)

1. A method for monitoring at least one Y-capacitance of an electrical on-board power supply of a vehicle, comprising the steps of:

ascertaining a current capacitance value of the at least one Y-capacitance and a current on-board power supply voltage of the electrical on-board power supply;

determining a currently stored amount of energy in the at least one Y-capacitance depending on the current on-board power supply voltage of the electrical on-board power supply and the current capacitance value of the at least one Y-capacitance of the electrical on-board power supply;

comparing the currently stored amount of energy in the at least one Y-capacitance to a predetermined threshold value; and

generating a control signal when the predetermined threshold value is exceeded in the comparing.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the steps of:

ascertaining a first voltage between a first potential wire or a second potential wire of the electrical on-board power supply and a reference potential; and

taking the ascertained first voltage into consideration when determining the currently stored amount of energy in the at least one Y-capacitance.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the steps of:

ascertaining a second voltage between the first potential wire and the reference potential and a third voltage between the second potential wire and the reference potential; and

taking the ascertained second voltage and the third voltage into consideration when determining the currently stored amount of energy of the at least one Y-capacitance.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of:

checking an asymmetry in a potential distribution of the electrical on-board power supply using the currently stored amount of energy of the at least one Y-capacitance.

5. An electrical on-board power supply of a vehicle, comprising:

at least one Y-capacitance;

a control unit, wherein a current capacitance value of the at least one Y-capacitance and a current on-board electrical voltage of the electrical on-board power supply is ascertainable by the control unit; and

an evaluation unit, wherein a currently stored energy in the at least one Y-capacitance of the electrical on-board power supply is determinable by the evaluation unit depending on the current capacitance value of the at least on Y-capacitance and on the current on-board electrical voltage of the electrical on-board power supply.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: DAIMLER AG
To: MERCEDES BENZ GROUP AG
Reel/Frame 072886/0467 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2022
From: BOEHME, URS; HASPEL, ANDRÉ
To: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
Reel/Frame 059521/0787 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 006 969.2 · Oct 7, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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