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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:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
May. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/100 ;
Abstract
A method for recognizing a trailer or semitrailer of a motor vehicle which includes activating at least one brake light of the trailer or semitrailer, independently of the driver, measuring a current flowing in a line assigned to the brake light of the trailer or semitrailer and ascertaining the presence or the absence of a trailer or semitrailer on the basis of the measured current.