US Patent 7129716 Circuit for motor vehicles with coding plug

Patent 7129716 was granted and assigned to BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT on October, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Overview Structured Data Issues Contributors Activity

Is a

Patent

Patent attributes

Current Assignee

BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7129716

Date of Patent

October 31, 2006

Patent Application Number

11336932

Date Filed

January 23, 2006

Patent Primary Examiner

‌

Anjan Deb

Patent abstract

A circuit arrangement for motor vehicles for characterizing one of several variants of an electrically controllable subassembly is provided. A subassembly is connectable to a coding plug. The coding plug has at least one electric terminal which is directly or indirectly connectable to a measurement input of an analyzer unit. The coding plug has fixed electric wiring by means of which a defined electric state may be generated at the measurement input in the analyzer unit. The electric state is detected in the analyzer unit and compared with stored data, by means of which a defined electric state that can be differentiated from all other states is assigned to each possible variant of the subassembly.