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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1999
Dirk Schmidt, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
Juergen Luginsland, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
Joerg Stierle, Waldenbuch, DE;
Peter Wolf, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
Gunter Flinspach, Leonberg, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A distance measuring device having a housing, a transmitting and receiving unit for measuring signal arranged in the housing, an evaluated element for determining a distance to an object by a travel time measurement, at least one reference point fixed on the housing to which a measured distance is referred, the at least one reference point being a part of a reference plane, such that an abutment surface which faces an object and an abutment surface which faces away from the object are arranged in the reference plane and fixed to the housing.