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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
May. 22, 2015
Continental Teves Ag & Co. Ohg, Frankfurt, DE;
Jürgen Eckart, Kipfenberg, DE;
Roberto Schlenker, Ingolstadt, DE;
Erwin Kreitmeyr, Hohenwart/Koppenbach, DE;
Claus Heigl, Ingolstadt, DE;
CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG, Frankfurt, DE;
Abstract
A control device () for a vehicle with a housing () having a pressure sensor (), arranged in a pressure chamber () in a pressure-tight manner with respect to the interior space of the housing (). The housing () having a membrane aperture () closed by an air-permeable but not water-permeable membrane (). The housing () is designed with a housing duct () which in an installation position of the control device () extends downward in the vertical direction of the vehicle, and in relation to the volume of the pressure chamber () the housing duct () has a duct volume in such that with the control device () completely immersed in water, a residual volume of air remains upstream of the membrane ().