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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
May. 05, 2009
Applicants:
Michael Hofsaess, Vaihingen/Enz, DE;
Manfred Abendroth, Marbach, DE;
Georg Fetzer, Abstatt, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method for checking the proper functioning of a component in a vehicle by evaluating the system state of the component with the aid of a sensor, a state variable is measured first and then the measured state variable is examined for at least one characteristic feature that is descriptive of the system state of the component.