Patent ID: 6709155
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: B60H,G01K,Y10S

Abstract:
A device for determining the temperature in the interior of a vehicle, comprising:a temperature sensor for arrangement behind a wall adjacent the interior, a processing unit receiving the a measuring signal from the temperature sensor and outputting an output signal representing the temperature in the interior of the vehicle, and a thermal conductor for conducting the heat representing the temperature of the air in the interior in the region close to the wall, the thermal conductor being in thermally conductive contact with the temperature sensor and being provided to extend up to or close to the wall or through an opening in the wall, wherein a first solar sensor is provided for arrangement in the opening of the wall, said first solar sensor being electrically connected to the processing unit, and wherein, in the processing unit, the influence of the heating of at least the wall portion around the wall opening on the measuring signal of the temperature sensor is corrected.