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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2003
Alexander Stiller, Garbsen, DE;
Marc Nettelmann, Garbsen, DE;
Continental Aktiengesellschaft, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
An air spring arrangement of the motor vehicle is equipped with a tire-fill device which includes the fill unit ( ) and a tire-fill connection unit ( ). A filling of a reserve tire is ensured even when there is an electric fault in the level control system. The tire-fill connection unit ( ) includes an air supply connection ( ), a proximity switch ( ), an electric sensor connection ( ) and a pneumatic connection ( ) for rapid coupling and valve connection. The proximity switch ( ) includes a reed contact ( ) which includes three terminals ( , , ) which are connected to a control apparatus ( ). A component ( ) has a pneumatic valve connection ( ) and a permanent magnet ( ) and is connected to the pneumatic connection ( ). The permanent magnet ( ) excites the reed contact ( ) to switch when the component ( ) is connected to the tire-fill connection unit ( ).