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Automotive electrical systems

  • US 5,198,696 A
  • Filed: 04/13/1990
  • Issued: 03/30/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/13/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electrical system for an automobile comprising a plurality of slave modules connected to one or more respective loads and/or sensors, a power bus connecting the slave modules to a control module operable to remotely control the switching of power supplied to the loads by the modules and/or the sampling of signals from the sensors, at least one of the slave modules and/or the control means comprising a thick film printed circuit formed on a stainless steel substrate and wherein the circuit comprises a composite layer selectively applied to one or more surface portions of the substrate and is mounted with a remaining uncoated surface portion of the substrate in contact with a body panel of the vehicle.

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