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Communication system for vehicles with aerial incorporated in steering wheel

US5867093A · kind A · utility

32Cited by
4References
14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 1, 1997
Grant dateFeb 2, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 1, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07C9/00309
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A radio communication system for a vehicle, which may act as an interrogation unit monitoring for the presence of a valid transponder or may act as a transponder to an external interrogation unit, includes an aerial incorporated in the circumferential part of the steering wheel of the vehicle and an on-board electronic system mounted in at least one spoke and/or in the central hub part of the steering wheel.

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