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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
May. 15, 2007
Markus Christoph, Regensburg, DE;
Christian Plankl, Burgweinting, DE;
Markus Christoph, Regensburg, DE;
Christian Plankl, Burgweinting, DE;
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
A housing for a device for mounting on an assembly surface, in particular a sensor module with a sensor for a motor vehicle, has a housing assembly surface, by way of which the housing may be brought into contact with the assembly surface and a contact socket with electrical contacts which may be electrically and mechanically connected with a complementary contact plug and running parallel to a housing plane in which the housing assembly surface is arranged. A locking device is provided with the following features: a detector for detecting a given position on the assembly surface when the housing is on contact with the assembly surface by way of the housing assembly surface, a blocking device for releasing or blocking the mechanical and/or electrical connection between the contact socket and the contact plug. The connection is released by the blocking device when the housing is in contact with the given position on the assembly surface by way of its housing assembly surface.