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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2007
Applicants:
Rainer Petzold, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Robert Ingenbleek, Kressbronn, DE;
Mario Steinborn, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Inventors:
Rainer Petzold, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Robert Ingenbleek, Kressbronn, DE;
Mario Steinborn, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Assignee:
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for determining an actuating pressure of an operating element (), for example in a motor vehicle, where the element is displaced as a result of the application of the actuating pressure. The actuating pressure of the operating element is determined without the use of a pressure sensor by way of deformation measurement.