| US 7,579,709 B2 | ||
| Motor vehicle with a capacitor device for storing electric energy | ||
| Georg Goetz, Steinkirchen (Germany); Hans Glonner, Pfaffenhofen (Germany); and Marcel Fenkart, Munich (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 15, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/599,428. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10 2005 055 075 (DE), filed on Nov. 18, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0114077 A1, May 24, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60L 3/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 307—10.1 [320/167] | 13 Claims |
| 1. A motor vehicle having an electric drive machine, the motor vehicle comprising:
a capacitor device for storing electric energy feedable to the electric drive machine of the motor vehicle;
a short-circuiting switch coupled in parallel with terminal posts of the capacitor device; and
wherein the capacitor device is dischargeable by actuating the short-circuiting switch without any intermediary activity via
a separate discharge resistor.
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