Patent ID: 7355365

Claim:
Functional unit of a motor vehicle, comprising: at least one displaceable functional element, a control means for at least one of controlling and monitoring the position of the at least one functional element, an angle sensor which is coupled to the at least one functional element for determining the position thereof, and having a stator and a rotor which is pivotable relative to the stator around an axis of the angle sensor, the angle sensor producing an output signal which corresponds to a respective position of the rotor relative to the stator and the output signal being supplied to the control means, wherein the angle sensor is a magneto-resistance angle sensor, wherein the stator has evaluation electronics and the rotor has a permanent magnet arrangement, and wherein the rotor is movable relative to the stator over a measurement range within which the angle sensor produces the output signal and the measurement range comprises an angular range of at most 360Â°.