US4524612A
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Testing installation for motor vehicle operating elements
Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
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Filing: 1983-12-20
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Granted: 1985-06-25
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Expires: 2003-12-20
Abstract
Abstract A test installation for motor vehicle operating elements which change compared to a starting condition and which trigger an indicating device when reaching a limit value; a number of change intervals related to a change-influencing parameter and equal among each other are coordinated to the changes of the operating elements and one indicating device each is coordinated to the intervals of equal value of the operating elements; of the several operating elements, that operating element triggers the indicating device and also a warning indicating device which as the first one reaches the limit of its associated change interval, respectively, its limit for the predetermined overall change.
Inventors
- 👤 Fritz Bourauel
- 👤 Wolfgang P. Flohr
- 👤 Walter Weishaupt
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 15:12
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07C; G07C5/00; G07C5/08; G07C5/0808
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 31
Claim 1
Independent Claim
92 words
A test installation for motor vehicle operating elements which change compared to a starting condition and which, upon reaching an individual limit condition, trigger a common indicating means, comprising means forming an equal number of change intervals from the changes of the operating elements, said change intervals following one another and extending up to the respective limit condition, indicating means respectively coordinated to the change intervals of the operating elements, and control means for triggering the respective indicating means by that operating element which first reaches the limit of its change interval.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
92 words
A test installation for motor vehicle operating elements which change compared to a starting condition and which, upon reaching an individual limit condition, trigger a common indicating means, comprising means forming an equal number of change intervals from the changes of the operating elements, said change intervals following one another and extending up to the respective limit condition, indicating means respectively coordinated to the change intervals of the operating elements, and control means for triggering the respective indicating means by that operating element which first reaches the limit of its change interval.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
A test installation according to claim 1, wherein the indicating means are light devices.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
A test installation according to claim 2, in which the light devices are turned off during triggering thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A test installation according to claim 3, in which a warning indicating means is triggered simultaneously with the triggering of the indicating means for the last change interval limited by the limit condition.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A test installation according to claim 4, wherein further warning indicating means are turned on by the operating elements whose changes exceed predetermined excess interval limit values.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A test installation according to claim 5, wherein the reached change interval of the operating elements can be read-out individually by said control means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
A test installation according to claim 6, wherein said control means includes further means for reading out the designation of the operating elements located within the respective change intervals.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
A test installation according to claim 7, wherein only the operating element can be read out with respect to at least one of their designation and the reached change interval whose change has reached a predetermined extent.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
A test installation according to claim 8, wherein the extent is half the entire change.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
A test installation according to claim 8, wherein said extent is about three-quarters of the overall change.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
A test installation according to claim 8, wherein the change intervals of each operating element are identical among each other.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
A test installation according to claim 11, wherein the change intervals include the entire change.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
17 words
A test installation according to claim 11, wherein the change intervals are related to a change-influencing parameter.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
A test installation according to claim 13, wherein the change-influencing parameters of the operating elements are selected substantially identical.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
27 words
A test installation according to claim 14, wherein the change intervals are substantially synchronously traversed on the average for at least a part of the operating elements.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
29 words
A test installation according to claim 15, wherein the changes of the operating elements prior to their coordination to the further indicating means are compared with predetermined change curves.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
19 words
A test installation according to claim 1, wherein the change intervals of the operating elements are of equal value.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
33 words
A test installation according to claim 1, in which a warning indicating means is triggered simultaneously with the triggering of the indicating means for the last change interval limited by the limit condition.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
27 words
A test installation according to claim 18, wherein further warning indicating means are turned on by the operating elements whose changes exceed predetermined excess interval limit values.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
25 words
A test installation according to claim 1, wherein the reached change interval of the operating elements can be read out individually by said control means.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
29 words
A test installation according to claim 1, wherein said control means includes further means for reading out the designation of the operating elements located within the respective change intervals.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
37 words
A test installation according to claim 21, wherein only the operating elements can be read out with respect to at least one of their designation and the reached change interval whose change has reached a predetermined extent.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
15 words
A test installation according to claim 22, wherein the extent is half the entire change.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
17 words
A test installation according to claim 23, wherein said extent is about three-quarters of the overall change.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
20 words
A test installation according to claim 1, wherein the change intervals of each operating element are identical among each other.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
15 words
A test installation according to claim 1, wherein the change intervals include the entire change.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
17 words
A test installation according to claim 1, wherein the change intervals are related to a change-influencing parameter.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
19 words
A test installation according to claim 27, wherein the change-influencing parameters of the operating elements are selected substantially identical.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
27 words
A test installation according to claim 1, wherein the change intervals are substantially synchronously traversed on the average for at least a part of the operating elements.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
29 words
A test installation according to claim 1, wherein the changes of the operating elements prior to their coordination to the further indicating means are compared with predetermined change curves.
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