Patent ID: 7876104
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: B60D,B60R,G01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical interface for transmitting electrical energy between a vehicle having an internal combustion engine and an implement coupled to the vehicle, the electrical interface comprising: a vehicle interface; an implement interface; electric lines connecting the vehicle interface with an electric energy source and connecting the implement interface with an electric consumer, the vehicle interface is configured complementary to the implement interface is reversibly connectable to the implement interface; a sensor associated with the vehicle interface senses an actual value of an electrical state variable quantifying the electrical energy transmitted between the vehicle and the implement; an actuator is associated with the vehicle interface varying the actual value of the electrical state variable; and a control unit for controlling the electrical state variable, the control unit comparing the actual value of the electrical state variable with a pre-determined target value, and when the actual value of the state variable deviates from the pre-determined target value the control unit causing the actuator to vary a rotational speed of the engine to minimize said deviation.