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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
May. 10, 2002
Ronald Helmut Haag, Clarkston, MI (US);
Brian Deplae, Warren, MI (US);
Jeremy M. Husic, Washington, MI (US);
John Pasiecznik, Jr., Malibu, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A flexible, capacitive strip for use in a non-contact obstacle detection system is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the strip includes an elongated body for flexible mounting to a panel along a bottom surface of the elongated body. A first elongated planar conductor is contained within an upper section of the elongated body, and a longitudinal cavity is formed through a central portion of the elongated body, the longitudinal cavity being disposed between the planar conductor and the bottom surface. The first elongated planar conductor forms a first electrode of a sensing capacitor and the longitudinal cavity defines a portion of a dielectric material of the sensing capacitor.