Sensor device for a motor vehicle
US6693521B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 3, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 17, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R16/0315
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A sensor device (11) which can be attached at at least two different installation locations in a motor vehicle (10) by at least one attachment device and which has a data output. The sensor device (11) is installed at a predefined installation location in the motor vehicle (10) by attachment to at least one predefined attachment point (13), the attachment point (13) being characteristic of the installation location in such a way that the attachment to the one predefined attachment point (13) generates a predefined electrical effect, and the sensor device (11) is installed at another predefined installation location in the motor vehicle (10) by attachment to at least one other predefined attachment point (14), the attachment to the other predefined attachment point (14) generates a different predefined electrical effect. It is possible to determine the actual installation location of the sensor device (11) by sensing the generated electrical effect.
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