EP3179566B1 - Electronic sensor device - Google Patents

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EP3179566B1
EP3179566B1 EP15199484.5A EP15199484A EP3179566B1 EP 3179566 B1 EP3179566 B1 EP 3179566B1 EP 15199484 A EP15199484 A EP 15199484A EP 3179566 B1 EP3179566 B1 EP 3179566B1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/50—Fixed connections
    • H01R12/51—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/515—Terminal blocks providing connections to wires or cables
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/75—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures connecting to cables except for flat or ribbon cables
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/10—Sockets for co-operation with pins or blades
    • H01R13/11—Resilient sockets
    • H01R13/112—Resilient sockets forked sockets having two legs
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/631—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances for engagement only
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R35/00—Flexible or turnable line connectors, i.e. the rotation angle being limited
    • H01R35/04—Turnable line connectors with limited rotation angle with frictional contact members

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  • the invention relates to an electronic sensor device.
  • a cable harness can comprise electric cables which are bound together, for instance by straps, cable ties, electrical tapes or cable lacings.
  • Cable harnesses are widely used in vehicles and construction machinery. For example, many vehicles comprise a plurality of wires for different vehicle components. By binding the wires and cables into a cable harness, wires and cables can be better secured against vibrations, abrasions or moisture. Further, by binding cables into a cable harness usage of space is optimized.
  • a cable harness is normally only slightly bendable. For connecting an electronic device within a vehicle to a cable harness, the housing of the respective electronic device normally comprises a single predetermined exit angle from the body of the enclosure. Consequently, different exit angles of cable harness connectors require different connector designs.
  • a drawback with different harness angles is that different connectors and assembly architectures are needed for different vehicle installations. This leads to an increase of part development costs, an increase of part inventories and to a more complex manufacturing and assembly.
  • the invention provides an electronic sensor device of a driver assistance system of a vehicle comprising the features of claim 1.
  • the electronic sensor device comprises a housing having at least one insertion opening for inserting the terminal pins of the cable harness connector into the spring contacts of said spring connector, wherein the position of said insertion opening defines the mounting angle between the cable harness and the electronic sensor device.
  • the electronic sensor device comprises a camera, a radar sensor or a Lidar sensor.
  • each spring contact of said spring connector is V-shaped and comprises a chamfer for guiding a corresponding terminal pin of the cable harness connector.
  • the spring contacts are contained in an insulating carrier of said spring connector mounted to the printed circuit board of said electronic sensor device.
  • the terminal pins of the cable harness connector comprise a cylindrical shape with a chamfer tip portion.
  • the invention further provides according to a second aspect a driver assistance system of a vehicle comprising the features of claim 6.
  • FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a cable harness connection assembly 1.
  • the cable harness connection assembly 1 is provided in the illustrated exemplary embodiment for connecting a cable harness to an electronic device.
  • the electronic device can be in a possible embodiment an electronic sensor device of a driver assistance system of a vehicle.
  • the cable harness connection assembly 1 as illustrated in Figure 1 comprises a cable harness connector 2 comprising protruding terminal pins 3-1, 3-2, 3-3 adapted to be pushed into corresponding spring contacts 4-1, 4-2, 4-3 of a spring connector 5 mounted on a printed circuit board 6 at a mounting angle between 0 and about 90 degrees with respect to the printed circuit board 6.
  • Figure 1 shows the cable harness connector 2 at three different relative positions with respect to the printed circuit board 6, i.e.
  • the cable harness connector 2 is attachable to a cable harness which is not illustrated in Figure 1 .
  • the cable harness can comprise several cables and/or wires adapted to connect the respective electronic device and other electronic components of a vehicle.
  • the vehicle can be a land vehicle such as a car or a truck.
  • the vehicle can be also another kind of vehicle such as an aircraft or a ship.
  • the cable harness connector 2 comprises terminal pins 3-i which can be pushed into the spring contacts 4-i of the spring connector 5.
  • the terminal pins 3-i of the cable harness connector 2 comprise in the illustrated embodiment a cylindrical shape with a chamfer tip portion for inserting the terminal pins 3-i into the corresponding spring connectors 4-i.
  • the terminal pins 3-i of the cable harness connector 2 can also comprise a rectangular shape.
  • the terminal pins 3-i of the cable harness connector 2 are arranged in a preferred embodiment in a row as illustrated in Figure 1 .
  • the number of the terminal pins 3-i of the cable harness connector 2 can vary depending on the respective application or electronic device.
  • the cable harness connector 2 comprises three terminal pins 3-1, 3-2, 3-3 which can be used for carrying signal data a reference potential such as ground GND or a power supply voltage.
  • the spring contacts 4-i of the spring connector 5 are contained in a preferred embodiment in an insulating carrier 7 mounted to the printed circuit board 6 of the electronic device. Accordingly, in a preferred embodiment, the spring connector 5 is fixed to the printed circuit board 6 of the electronic device.
  • the spring contacts 4-i of the spring connector 5 are V-shaped and comprise a chamfer for guiding a corresponding terminal pin 3-i of the cable harness connector 2.
  • Each spring contact 4-i comprises a lead-in chamfer to guide a corresponding terminal pin 3-i into the spring connector 5.
  • the lead-in forms a curve from horizontal to vertical planes for entry or insertion.
  • the cable harness connector 2 can comprise a standard interface 8 for connecting a cable harness to the cable harness connector 2.
  • a cable harness or cable can be plugged into a standard socket or interface 8 of the cable harness connector 2.
  • the terminal pins 3-i of the cable harness connector 2 are inserted in a preferred embodiment through a corresponding insertion opening within a housing or enclosure of the electronic device to be pushed into the corresponding spring contacts 4-i of the spring connector 5.
  • the housing and the corresponding insertion opening are not illustrated.
  • the position of the insertion opening within the enclosure or housing of the electronic device defines the final mounting angle between the cable harness and the electronic device.
  • the electronic device having the printed circuit board 6 as illustrated in Figure 1 can be for instance an electronic sensor device, in particular a camera, a radar sensor or a Lidar sensor of a driver assistance system DAS.
  • the cable harness connected to the front end of the cable harness connector 2 can comprise for instance at least one coaxial cable having low mechanical flexibility.
  • the cable harness connector 2 comprises a plane section 9a and a serrated circular section 9b.
  • the section 9b can be plugged into a corresponding opening of the enclosure of the respective electronic device.
  • Figure 2 shows a cross-section view through an exemplary embodiment of an electronic device 10 having at least one printed circuit board 6 contained within a housing 11 of the electronic device 10.
  • the printed circuit board 6 can comprise several electronic components 12-1, 12-2-, 12-3, such as microprocessors or capacitors of the electronic sensor device 10.
  • the spring connector 5 is fixed to the printed circuit board 6 as shown in Figure 2 .
  • the housing 11 of the electronic device 10 comprises in the illustrated embodiment an opening 13 for the cable harness connection assembly 1.
  • terminal pins 3-i of the cable harness connector 2 are inserted through the insertion opening 13 of the housing 11 of the electronic device 10 and pushed into corresponding spring contacts 4-i of the spring connector 5 fixed to the printed circuit board 6 of the electronic device 10.
  • Figure 2 shows further a cable harness 14 connected to a standard interface of the cable harness connector 2.
  • the position of the insertion opening 13 within the housing or enclosure of the sensor device 10 defines the final mounting angle ⁇ between the cable harness 14 and the electronic device 10.
  • the cable harness 14 can comprise in a possible embodiment at least one coaxial cable with low flexibility.
  • FIGS 3, 4 show a further possible embodiment of a cable harness connection assembly 1.
  • the cable harness connector 2 is slightly movable within a longitudinal insertion opening 13 of the housing 11 to perform an adjustment of the mounting angle ⁇ within a range from angle ⁇ 1 and angle ⁇ 2 defined by the lower and upper end of the longitudinal insertion opening 13.
  • Figures 5, 6 illustrate possible insertion openings 13 within a housing 11 of an electronic device 10.
  • Figure 5 shows a circular opening for inserting a cable harness connector 2 into the housing 11 of the electronic device.
  • Figure 6 shows a serrated opening 13.
  • the serrated circular section 9b of the cable harness connector 2 is pushed into the corresponding serrated opening 13 as illustrated in Figure 6 and the terminal pins 2 of the cable harness connector 2 are pushed in the corresponding spring contacts 4-i of the spring connector 5 mounted on the printed circuit board 6 within the housing 11.
  • the cable harness connection assembly 1 provides a standard external fitting to the cable harness 14 which can be fitted to a housing of a sensor device of a driver assistance system DAS.
  • the terminal pins 3-i of the cable harness connector 2 are pushed into corresponding spring contacts 4-i of a spring connector 5 within the housing 11 of the electronic device 10.
  • the spring contacts 4-i are shaped in a preferred embodiment to accept entry of the cable harness connector 2 at any angle from 0 to about 90 degrees.
  • the insertion load can be reacted by the geometry of both the springs and the housing containing the spring contacts, hence to the PCB 6 without overstressing the electrical contacts or the mounts.
  • the cable harness connection assembly 1 allows different variants of electronic device design using common parts for common assembly processes and tooling with reduced part costs due to higher manufacturing volumes and consequently a reduced inventory of different connectors for slightly differing products.
  • the cable harness connection assembly 1 allows to tailor product variants to an available package space.
  • the cable harness connection assembly 1 can be used for a wide range of applications, in particular for sensor devices connected to a cable harness of a driver assistance system DAS within a vehicle.

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  • The invention relates to an electronic sensor device.
  • Electrical connectors are known from documents JP 2014 078327 A WO 2013/037966 A1 and DE 102013 007 167 A .
  • A cable harness can comprise electric cables which are bound together, for instance by straps, cable ties, electrical tapes or cable lacings. Cable harnesses are widely used in vehicles and construction machinery. For example, many vehicles comprise a plurality of wires for different vehicle components. By binding the wires and cables into a cable harness, wires and cables can be better secured against vibrations, abrasions or moisture. Further, by binding cables into a cable harness usage of space is optimized. A cable harness is normally only slightly bendable. For connecting an electronic device within a vehicle to a cable harness, the housing of the respective electronic device normally comprises a single predetermined exit angle from the body of the enclosure. Consequently, different exit angles of cable harness connectors require different connector designs. A drawback with different harness angles is that different connectors and assembly architectures are needed for different vehicle installations. This leads to an increase of part development costs, an increase of part inventories and to a more complex manufacturing and assembly.
  • Accordingly, there is a need for a cable harness connection assembly allowing to connect a cable harness for a variety of electronic devices within a vehicle efficiently.
  • The invention provides an electronic sensor device of a driver assistance system of a vehicle comprising the features of claim 1.
  • In a possible embodiment of the electronic sensor device, the electronic sensor device comprises a housing having at least one insertion opening for inserting the terminal pins of the cable harness connector into the spring contacts of said spring connector,
    wherein the position of said insertion opening defines the mounting angle between the cable harness and the electronic sensor device.
  • In a further possible embodiment of the electronic sensor device, the electronic sensor device comprises a camera, a radar sensor or a Lidar sensor.
  • In a possible embodiment of the electronic sensor device, each spring contact of said spring connector is V-shaped and comprises a chamfer for guiding a corresponding terminal pin of the cable harness connector.
  • In a further possible embodiment of the electronic sensor device, the spring contacts are contained in an insulating carrier of said spring connector mounted to the printed circuit board of said electronic sensor device.
  • In a still further possible embodiment of the electronic sensor device , the terminal pins of the cable harness connector comprise a cylindrical shape with a chamfer tip portion.
  • The invention further provides according to a second aspect a driver assistance system of a vehicle comprising the features of claim 6.
  • In the following, possible embodiments of the different aspects of the present invention are described with reference to the enclosed figures in more detail.
    • Figure 1
    shows a perspective view on a possible embodiment of a cable harness connection assembly ;
    Figure 2
    shows a section view through an exemplary embodiment of an electronic sensor device connected to a cable harness using a cable harness connection assembly;
    Figures 3, 4
    illustrate a possible embodiment of an electronic sensor device;
    Figures 5, 6
    show further possible exemplary insertion openings which can be used in a cable harness connection assembly.
  • Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a cable harness connection assembly 1. The cable harness connection assembly 1 is provided in the illustrated exemplary embodiment for connecting a cable harness to an electronic device. The electronic device can be in a possible embodiment an electronic sensor device of a driver assistance system of a vehicle. The cable harness connection assembly 1 as illustrated in Figure 1 comprises a cable harness connector 2 comprising protruding terminal pins 3-1, 3-2, 3-3 adapted to be pushed into corresponding spring contacts 4-1, 4-2, 4-3 of a spring connector 5 mounted on a printed circuit board 6 at a mounting angle between 0 and about 90 degrees with respect to the printed circuit board 6. Figure 1 shows the cable harness connector 2 at three different relative positions with respect to the printed circuit board 6, i.e. at a mounting angle of 90 degrees in a position I, at a mounting angle of 45 degrees in a position II and at a mounting angle of 0 degrees in a position III. The cable harness connector 2 is attachable to a cable harness which is not illustrated in Figure 1. The cable harness can comprise several cables and/or wires adapted to connect the respective electronic device and other electronic components of a vehicle. The vehicle can be a land vehicle such as a car or a truck. The vehicle can be also another kind of vehicle such as an aircraft or a ship. The cable harness connector 2 comprises terminal pins 3-i which can be pushed into the spring contacts 4-i of the spring connector 5. The terminal pins 3-i of the cable harness connector 2 comprise in the illustrated embodiment a cylindrical shape with a chamfer tip portion for inserting the terminal pins 3-i into the corresponding spring connectors 4-i. In an alternative embodiment, the terminal pins 3-i of the cable harness connector 2 can also comprise a rectangular shape. The terminal pins 3-i of the cable harness connector 2 are arranged in a preferred embodiment in a row as illustrated in Figure 1. The number of the terminal pins 3-i of the cable harness connector 2 can vary depending on the respective application or electronic device. In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in Figure 1, the cable harness connector 2 comprises three terminal pins 3-1, 3-2, 3-3 which can be used for carrying signal data a reference potential such as ground GND or a power supply voltage. The spring contacts 4-i of the spring connector 5 are contained in a preferred embodiment in an insulating carrier 7 mounted to the printed circuit board 6 of the electronic device. Accordingly, in a preferred embodiment, the spring connector 5 is fixed to the printed circuit board 6 of the electronic device. In a preferred embodiment, the spring contacts 4-i of the spring connector 5 are V-shaped and comprise a chamfer for guiding a corresponding terminal pin 3-i of the cable harness connector 2. Each spring contact 4-i comprises a lead-in chamfer to guide a corresponding terminal pin 3-i into the spring connector 5. The lead-in forms a curve from horizontal to vertical planes for entry or insertion. As illustrated in the embodiment of Figure 1, the cable harness connector 2 can comprise a standard interface 8 for connecting a cable harness to the cable harness connector 2. In the illustrated embodiment, a cable harness or cable can be plugged into a standard socket or interface 8 of the cable harness connector 2. The terminal pins 3-i of the cable harness connector 2 are inserted in a preferred embodiment through a corresponding insertion opening within a housing or enclosure of the electronic device to be pushed into the corresponding spring contacts 4-i of the spring connector 5. In Figure 1, the housing and the corresponding insertion opening are not illustrated. The position of the insertion opening within the enclosure or housing of the electronic device defines the final mounting angle between the cable harness and the electronic device. The electronic device having the printed circuit board 6 as illustrated in Figure 1 can be for instance an electronic sensor device, in particular a camera, a radar sensor or a Lidar sensor of a driver assistance system DAS. The cable harness connected to the front end of the cable harness connector 2 can comprise for instance at least one coaxial cable having low mechanical flexibility.
  • In the illustrated embodiment of Figure 1, the cable harness connector 2 comprises a plane section 9a and a serrated circular section 9b. The section 9b can be plugged into a corresponding opening of the enclosure of the respective electronic device.
  • Figure 2 shows a cross-section view through an exemplary embodiment of an electronic device 10 having at least one printed circuit board 6 contained within a housing 11 of the electronic device 10. In the exemplary embodiment shown in Figure 2, the printed circuit board 6 can comprise several electronic components 12-1, 12-2-, 12-3, such as microprocessors or capacitors of the electronic sensor device 10. The spring connector 5 is fixed to the printed circuit board 6 as shown in Figure 2. The housing 11 of the electronic device 10 comprises in the illustrated embodiment an opening 13 for the cable harness connection assembly 1. In the illustrated embodiment, terminal pins 3-i of the cable harness connector 2 are inserted through the insertion opening 13 of the housing 11 of the electronic device 10 and pushed into corresponding spring contacts 4-i of the spring connector 5 fixed to the printed circuit board 6 of the electronic device 10. Figure 2 shows further a cable harness 14 connected to a standard interface of the cable harness connector 2. As can be seen in Figure 2, the position of the insertion opening 13 within the housing or enclosure of the sensor device 10 defines the final mounting angle α between the cable harness 14 and the electronic device 10. The cable harness 14 can comprise in a possible embodiment at least one coaxial cable with low flexibility.
  • Figures 3, 4 show a further possible embodiment of a cable harness connection assembly 1. In the illustrated embodiment, the cable harness connector 2 is slightly movable within a longitudinal insertion opening 13 of the housing 11 to perform an adjustment of the mounting angle α within a range from angle β1 and angle β2 defined by the lower and upper end of the longitudinal insertion opening 13.
  • Figures 5, 6 illustrate possible insertion openings 13 within a housing 11 of an electronic device 10. Figure 5 shows a circular opening for inserting a cable harness connector 2 into the housing 11 of the electronic device. Figure 6 shows a serrated opening 13. In a possible embodiment, the serrated circular section 9b of the cable harness connector 2 is pushed into the corresponding serrated opening 13 as illustrated in Figure 6 and the terminal pins 2 of the cable harness connector 2 are pushed in the corresponding spring contacts 4-i of the spring connector 5 mounted on the printed circuit board 6 within the housing 11. The cable harness connection assembly 1 provides a standard external fitting to the cable harness 14 which can be fitted to a housing of a sensor device of a driver assistance system DAS. The terminal pins 3-i of the cable harness connector 2 are pushed into corresponding spring contacts 4-i of a spring connector 5 within the housing 11 of the electronic device 10. The spring contacts 4-i are shaped in a preferred embodiment to accept entry of the cable harness connector 2 at any angle from 0 to about 90 degrees. The insertion load can be reacted by the geometry of both the springs and the housing containing the spring contacts, hence to the PCB 6 without overstressing the electrical contacts or the mounts. The cable harness connection assembly 1 allows different variants of electronic device design using common parts for common assembly processes and tooling with reduced part costs due to higher manufacturing volumes and consequently a reduced inventory of different connectors for slightly differing products. The cable harness connection assembly 1 allows to tailor product variants to an available package space. The cable harness connection assembly 1 can be used for a wide range of applications, in particular for sensor devices connected to a cable harness of a driver assistance system DAS within a vehicle.

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  1. An electronic sensor device (10) of a driver assistance system of a vehicle, said electronic sensor device (10) comprising a spring connector (5) attached to a printed circuit board (6) of the sensor device (10),
    said spring connector (5) having spring contacts (4) adapted to receive terminal pins (3) of a cable harness connector (2) having terminal pins (3) adapted to be pushed into the corresponding spring contacts (4) at a mounting angle between 0 and 90 degrees with respect to said printed circuit board (6), wherein each spring contact (4) comprises a lead-in chamfer to guide the corresponding terminal pin (3) into the spring connector (5), wherein said lead-in chamfer forms a curve from horizontal to vertical planes for entry or insertion.
  2. The electronic sensor device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic sensor device (10) comprises a housing (11) having an insertion opening (13) for inserting the terminal pins (3) of said cable harness connector (2) into the spring contacts (4) of said spring connector (5), wherein the position of said insertion opening (13) defines the mounting angle between the cable harness (14) and the electronic sensor device (10).
  3. The electronic sensor device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the electronic sensor device (10) comprises a camera, a radar sensor or a Lidar sensor.
  4. The electronic sensor device according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 3, wherein each spring contact (4) of said spring connector (5) is V-shaped, wherein the spring contacts (4) are contained in an insulating carrier (7) of said spring connector (5) mounted to said printed circuit board (6) of said electronic sensor device (10).
  5. The electronic sensor device according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 4,
    wherein the terminal pins (3) of said cable harness connector (2) comprise a cylindrical or rectangular shape with a chamfer tip portion and wherein the terminal pins (3) of said cable harness connector (2) are arranged in a row.
  6. A driver assistance system of a vehicle,
    said driver assistance system comprising
    electronic sensor devices (10) according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 5 connected to at least one cable harness (14) of said driver assistance system.
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