{
"$type": "site.standard.document",
"description": "A high-voltage system for a motor vehicle may include: an electric high-voltage energy storage device; a high-voltage onboard electrical system having onboard electrical system-side HV connections and a capacitor assembly comprising an X-capacitor and two Y-capacitors; a switching device connected…",
"path": "/patents/1377705",
"publishedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"site": "at://did:plc:oql6ds5vnff4ugar6rruliwd/site.standard.publication/3mn3ohu7oxx5w",
"tags": [
"B60L53/62",
"Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft"
],
"textContent": "A high-voltage system for a motor vehicle may include: an electric high-voltage energy storage device; a high-voltage onboard electrical system having onboard electrical system-side HV connections and a capacitor assembly comprising an X-capacitor and two Y-capacitors; a switching device connected to the high-voltage energy storage device and the high-voltage onboard electrical system; and a discharge device for discharging the capacitor assembly, having a discharge resistor connected to the onboard electrical system and a passive discharge circuit per Y-capacitor, wherein the discharge circuits discharge the Y-capacitors, and each discharge circuit has a diode poled in a blocking direction dropping at the Y-capacitors when the switching device is closed, and a diode of one discharge circuit is poled in the passage direction, resulting from the charging of the Y-capacitors and the potential coupling of the onboard electrical system-side HV connections caused by the discharge resistor, in order to discharge the Y-capacitors.",
"title": "High-Voltage System for a Motor Vehicle, Comprising Passive Discharge Circuits for Y-Capacitors"
}