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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anton Bachhuber, Langquaid, DE;
Thomas Rohrl, Barbing, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
342457 ; 342463 ; 34082572 ; 307 105 ;
Abstract
The system allows locating an enabling component of a motor vehicle. The enabling component, provided with a chip, is for example a smart card or an electronic key. The enabling component is addressed with a search signal from a transmitter fixed to the vehicle. The enabling component responds with an indicating signal. The indicating signal may be an audible signal emitted by the enabling component itself and/or the location information can be indicated by an indicator device fixed to the vehicle.