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Sensor system and method for securing a sensor system

US12241743B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Alexander Tsapkolenko · Reutlingen, DE
Hartmut Ruf · Rötteln, DE
Mirko Hofmann · Reutlingen, DE
Rolf Scheben · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 30, 2022
Grant date	Mar 4, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 27, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01P15/18
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sensor system. The sensor system includes a rotation rate sensor and a control unit, the rotation rate sensor including a seismic mass and being configured to drive a movement of the seismic mass with the aid of a driving force, the control unit being configured to detect a free fall of the sensor system and to deactivate the driving force in the event of a detection of the free fall. A method for securing a sensor system, in a detection step a free fall of the sensor system being detected by the control unit, and in a securing step the driving force being deactivated by the control unit, is also described.

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