Automobile vehicle equipped with hands-free system having a reception antenna located on steering column
US6703929B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 18, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R25/00
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automobile vehicle equipped with a “hands-free” access and/or engine starting system controlled by a management logic subassembly and equipped with a radio receiver subassembly, which includes at the top of the vehicle's steering column a radio antenna and which converts radio signals received by said antenna into signals exploitable by said management logic subassembly to enable it, when it recognizes said signals as coming from an identification device of a predetermined user, to authorize or trigger an operation in the vehicle, said management logic subassembly, said radio receiver subassembly and said antenna being integrated in and interconnected by an electronic board, wherein this electronic board also includes a subassembly providing interfaces with “on-the-column” control and/or signaling parts mounted on the vehicle's steering column or steering wheel and/or on one or more satellite modules mounted on this steering column.
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