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Start assist system for motor vehicles

US7715275B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Juergen Boecker · Oberhausen, DE
Dieter Hoetzer · Farmington Hills, US
Silvia Citelli · Biella, IT

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 20, 2005
Grant date	May 11, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 10, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S367/909
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A start assist system for motor vehicles, including a long-range locating system for determining the location of vehicles traveling ahead and a starting regulator for initiating and controlling a starting operation, wherein the locating system is combined with a near-range locating system for determining the location of objects directly ahead of the host vehicle and a decision unit is designed to suppress the starting operation in response to a signal from the near-range locating system.

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