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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:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joachim Bauer, Oberstenfeld-Prevorst, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 7/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 7/08 ;
Abstract
In a method for decoding digital PWM signal and a bus system, a peripheral unit, and a device therefor, the digital signal is decoded by integrating the pulse width of each bit and then comparing the integration result with a reference signal. The bus system includes dual wires, a device, and at least one peripheral unit. In an embodiment of the present invention, the bus system issued as an air bag system where diagnostic and deployment commands are sent via the bus wires to one or more peripheral units which control individual air bags.