Granted Patent B2

US 12,747,995 · App. 18/564,136 · Granted Sep 29, 2026

Inventors: Philipp Neumann (St. Margarethen an der Sierning, AT); Christian Gemeiner (Breitenfurt, AT)

Assignee: MELECS EWS GmbH

G01K7/18G01K15/005H02P29/64G01K2217/00

Abstract

Claims (8)

1 . A method for determining temperature within an electronic control device of a motor vehicle, the electronic control device comprising at least one electrical winding, the method comprising:

determining an electrical resistance of the at least one electrical winding in a defined operating state; and

determining the temperature based on the electrical resistance of the at least one electrical winding in the defined operating state.

2 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electrical resistance of the at least one electrical winding is determined by applying an electrical impulse with a constant current amplitude and measuring a voltage on the at least one electrical winding.

3 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electrical resistance of the at least one electrical winding is determined by applying an electrical impulse with a constant voltage amplitude and measuring current in the at least one electrical winding.

4 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a temperature coefficient of a specific resistance of material of the at least one electrical winding is utilized to determine the temperature of the at least one electrical winding.

5 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein ambient temperature is determined and a calibration process of temperature determination is performed with this known temperature during an idle state of the electrical device in which an internal temperature of the electrical device corresponds to the ambient temperature.

6 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrical winding of an electric motor is utilized for temperature determination.

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