CARRIER ELEMENT

• US 20090066128A1
• Filed: 05/30/2005
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Grutzeck, Helmut, Haeussermann, Conrad, Wehrmann, Johann, Kasten, Klaus
• Granted Patent: US 7,905,544 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/217.200
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 11/30 Supports specially adapted for an instrument; Supports specially adapted for a set of instruments

Abstract

A carrier element for an object. The carrier element has an essentially u-shaped form and includes two side pieces, which are interconnected by a bridge.

Claims

1-12. -12. (canceled)

13. A carrier element for an object, comprising:

two side pieces; and

a bridge interconnecting the two side pieces such that the carrier element has a substantially u-shaped design.

14. The carrier element according to claim 13, wherein the side pieces extend substantially in parallel to one another in a first region, extend in a tapered and curved manner in an adjacent region, and in turn extend substantially in parallel to one another again in a third region ending in the bridge.

15. The carrier element according to claim 14, wherein the side pieces have a first clearance in the first region, and a third clearance in the third region, the first clearance being greater than the third clearance.

16. The carrier element according to claim 14, wherein the side pieces in the regions and the bridge have substantially the same thickness.

17. The carrier element according to claim 14, wherein the side pieces have a first height in the first region, and a third height in the third region, the heights being substantially identical.

18. The carrier element according to claim 17, wherein the heights are greater than thicknesses of the side pieces.

19. The carrier element according to claim 17, wherein a second height of the side pieces in the second region is less than the first and third heights.

20. The carrier element according to claim 13, wherein the side pieces are formed in such a way that the bridge connecting the side pieces will not substantially deform in response to shock loads.

21. The carrier element according to claim 13, wherein an object carried by the carrier element is affixed at the bridge.

22. The carrier element according to claim 13, wherein the carrier element is used as one of a sensor and a measuring reference element carrier.

23. The carrier element according to claim 13, wherein the carrier element is used as one of a sensor and a measuring reference element carrier in a motor vehicle.

24. The carrier element according to claim 13, wherein the carrier element is used as one of a sensor and a measuring reference element carrier for a weight sensor system in a vehicle seat.