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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas Hopf, Bensheim, DE;
Assignee:
Mannesmann VDO AG, Frankfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ; H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307 102 ; 3071414 ; 180287 ;
Abstract
A control system, particularly for a motor vehicle, having at least one control device which, in order to produce control parameters, is connected with a timer circuit for the production of a time parameter. In order to provide a control system in which a timer signal is available at all times, without the voltage supply system of the motor vehicle being under load when the engine is turned off, the timer circuit is located outside the control device.