Ppg Industries Ohio, Inc.

Stephen J Molmer

Khushroo H Lakdawala

Nicolas Benjamin Duarte

Michael D Briggs

Andrew T Troller

Robert A Drensek

Emmanuel C Francois

A system for monitoring a condition of an article including a conductive coating includes: a measurement device electrically connectable to the conductive coating of the article configured to sense an electrical property of the conductive coating; and a processor electrically connected to the measurement device. The processor is configured to: receive the sensed electrical property of the conductive coating from the measurement device; determine a resistance of the conductive coating based on the received sensed electrical property; determine an estimated remaining usable life of the article based on the determined resistance of the conductive coating; and generate an output signal representative of the determined estimated remaining usable life.

System and method for monitoring resistance of a conductive coating as an indicator of a condition of the conductive coating

A sensing element for sensing a temperature of an electrically heated window includes a coil of filament wire having a first end and a second end, the coil having a resistivity that changes based on temperature, a first substantially flat conductive material electrically coupled to the first end of the coil, a second substantially flat conductive material electrically coupled to the second end of the coil, a first lead wire electrically coupled to the first substantially flat conductive material and extending outwardly, and a second lead wire electrically coupled to the second substantially flat conductive material and extending outwardly.

Sensing element

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Huntsville, AL, United States of America

Stephen J Molmer