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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hans-Joachim Schroder, Wiesbaden, DE;
Assignee:
VDO Adolf Schindling AG, Frankfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340602 ; 73 73 ; 200 6105 ;
Abstract
A rain sensor having two non-contacting conductive paths which are aligned parallel to each other and are arranged on the windshield of a motor vehicle, with an evaluation electronics system connected to them. In order to create a rain sensor having the smallest possible dimensions, the width of at least one conductive path is made non-constant over its length.