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Automobile vehicle equipped with hands-free system having a reception antenna located on steering column

  • US 6,703,929 B2
  • Filed: 09/18/2001
  • Issued: 03/09/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Automobile vehicle having a vehicle steering wheel and a vehicle steering column, the automobile vehicle equipped with a “

  • hands-free”

    access and/or engine starting system controlled by a management logic subassembly (3

    ) and equipped with a radio receiver subassembly (4

    ), which includes at the top of the vehicle steering column a radio antenna (5

    ) and which converts radio signals received by said antenna into signals exploitable by said management logic subassembly to enable said management logic subassembly, when said management logic subassembly recognizes said signals as coming from an identification device (2

    ) of a predetermined user, to authorize or trigger an operation in the vehicle, said management logic subassembly (3

    ), said radio receiver subassembly (4

    ) and said antenna (5

    ) being integrated in and interconnected by an electronic board (8

    ), wherein said electronic board also includes a subassembly (9

    ) providing interfaces with “

    on-the-column”

    control and/or signaling parts mounted on the vehicle steering column or the vehicle steering wheel and/or on one or more satellite modules mounted on the vehicle steering column.

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