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Method for operating a sensor in a safety system

US7539569B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Richard Baur · Brackenheim, DE
Yan Lu · Beijing, CN
Ralph Neuberger · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 9, 2006
Grant date	May 26, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 9, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2021/01302
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a safety system and a method of operating a sensor in a safety system, the sensor transmits an electric reaction signal to a central system unit, and is also excited by the central system unit by a diagnostic and/or excitation signal as a reversible electro-mechanical system.

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