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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:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katja Hambsch, Bretten, DE;
Thomas Herrmann, Gauting, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280735 ; 340436 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for noncontact transmission of signals between a steering wheel and a steering column includes an airbag triggering device and a diagnostic device on the steering wheel side. The diagnostic device monitors the function of the airbag triggering device and transmits its diagnostic signal via a rotary transfer unit to a control device located on the steering column side. A simulation circuit, which can be set as a function of the diagnostic signal to the diagnosed resistance of the triggering device, precedes the control device on the steering column side.