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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
May. 03, 2002
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A sensor device ( ) which can be attached at at least two different installation locations in a motor vehicle ( ) by at least one attachment device and which has a data output. The sensor device ( ) is installed at a predefined installation location in the motor vehicle ( ) by attachment to at least one predefined attachment point ( ), the attachment point ( ) being characteristic of the installation location in such a way that the attachment to the one predefined attachment point ( ) generates a predefined electrical effect, and the sensor device ( ) is installed at another predefined installation location in the motor vehicle ( ) by attachment to at least one other predefined attachment point ( ), the attachment to the other predefined attachment point ( ) generates a different predefined electrical effect. It is possible to determine the actual installation location of the sensor device ( ) by sensing the generated electrical effect.