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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jaromir Palata, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Jörg Schulz, Lustenau, AT;
Assignee:
i f m electronic GmbH, Essen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03D 1/308 ; B66B 1/326 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03D 1/308 ; B66B 1/326 ;
Abstract
A proximity switch is described, specifically a capacitive proximity switch, with two signal transmitters ( ) and with one signal receiver ( ), a first signal output ( ) of each of the two signal transmitters ( ) being connected to one another and to a first signal input ( ) of the signal receiver ( ), and a second signal output ( ) of each of the two signal transmitters ( ) being connected via a respective signal transmission path ( ) to a second signal input ( ) of the signal receiver ( ), and at least one of the two signal transmission paths ( ) can be influenceable by an actuating object.