Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Vehicle control – guidance – operation – or indication
Reexamination Certificate
2009-01-23
2011-12-06
Dickson, Paul N (Department: 3616)
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication
C701S036000, C307S010100
Reexamination Certificate
active
08073577
ABSTRACT:
An electric control apparatus, mounted on a vehicle, has a height direction and comprises an electronic circuit board, a submersion sensor, and a controller. The electric circuit board has a mounting surface and is mounted in the vehicle so that the mounting surface is along the height direction of the vehicle. The submersion sensor, which is mounted on the mounting surface of the circuit board, senses a condition that the vehicle is about to be submerged in a flooded area and outputs an electric signal showing the condition. The controller, which is mounted on the mounting surface of the circuit board, performs control for securing safety of an occupant of the vehicle when the controller receives the electric signal from the submersion sensor. The submersion sensor is lower in a mounted position on the mounting surface of the circuit board than the controller along the height direction.
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Japanese Office Action dated Nov. 17, 2009, issued in corresponding Japanese Application No. 2008-012691, with English translation.
Itabashi Toru
Kitamura Yuusuke
Nakamura Michio
Sakai Naoto
Denso Corporation
Dickson Paul N
Nixon & Vanderhye PC
Verley Nicole
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