# US 2021/0278302 A1 · Sensor Device for a Vehicle, in Particular a Motor Vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0278302 A1 - Document ID: US20210278302A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/341,271 - Filed: 2017-10-10 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2016-10-14 - Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH - Applicants: Robert Bosch GmbH - Inventors: Marlon Ramon Ewert; Daniel Schoenfeld - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210278302A1 ## CPC - G01L 19/0061: {Electrical connection means} - G01P 1/023: {for acceleration measuring devices} - G01P 15/08: with conversion into electric or magnetic values - G01L: MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE (weighing G01G) - G01P: MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT (measuring or recording blood flow A61B5/02, A61B8/06; monitoring speed or deceleration of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L3/00; vehicle lighting systems adapted to indicate speed B60Q1/54; determining position or course in navigation, measuring ground distance in geodesy or surveying G01C; combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement G01C23/00; measuring velocity of sound G01H; measuring velocity of light G01J7/00; measuring direction or velocity of solid objects by reception or emission of radiowaves or other waves and based on propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, direction of propagation, G01S; measuring speed of nuclear radiation G01T; measuring acceleration of gravity G01V; {measuring or recording the speed of trains B61L23/00; speed indicators incorporated in motor vehicles B60K35/00; measuring frequency or phase G01R; traffic control G08G}) ## Abstract A sensor device for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, includes at least one sensor module and at least one connecting line connected to the sensor module for making electrical contact with the sensor module. The connecting line is formed as a conductor film, on which a plurality of different sensor modules are arranged and are housed by respectively one or a common encapsulation encompassing the conductor film, at least in some sections. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sensor device for a vehicle, comprising: at least one sensor module; and at least one connection line connected to the at least one sensor module and configured to make electrical contact with the sensor module, the at least one connection line configured as a conductor foil, wherein a plurality of different sensor modules of the at least one sensor module are each arranged within and enclosed by one common encapsulation which surrounds the conductor foil at least in sections. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The sensor device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a first sensor module of the at least one sensor module includes an acceleration sensor and a second sensor module of the at least one sensor module has a pressure sensor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The sensor device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the common encapsulation includes at least one fastening element configured to fasten the at least one sensor module to a body part of the vehicle. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The sensor device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the common encapsulation is configured to be elastically deformable. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The sensor device as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the at least one sensor module includes a carrier; and at least one of the acceleration sensor and the pressure sensor is arranged on the carrier. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The sensor device as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the first sensor module and the second sensor module include a common carrier; and the acceleration sensor and the pressure sensor are arranged on the common carrier. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The sensor device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the carrier is flexible. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The sensor device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the conductor foil is strip-like; the conductor foil includes at least one elastically deformable and/or plastically deformable carrier foil; and the conductor foil includes a two-wire line which is elastically deformable and/or plastically deformable together with the carrier foil. ### Claim 9 A body component for a vehicle, comprising: a body part; and at least one sensor device fastened to the body part, the at least one sensor device including: at least one sensor module; and at least one connection line connected to the at least one sensor module and configured to make electrical contact with the sensor module, the at least one connection line configured as a conductor foil, wherein a plurality of different sensor modules of the at least one sensor module are each arranged within and enclosed by one common encapsulation which surrounds the conductor foil at least in sections. ### Claim 10 A method for producing a sensor device having at least one sensor module and at least one connection line configured as a conductor foil, the method comprising: connecting the conductor foil to the at least one sensor module such that the conductor foil makes electrical contact with the at least one sensor module; arranging a plurality of different sensor modules of the at least one sensor module on the conductor foil; enclosing the plurality of different sensor modules by one common encapsulation; and surrounding the conductor foil at least in sections with the common encapsulation. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The sensor device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the vehicle is a motor vehicle.