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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2002
Ewald Schmidt, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Heinz Pfizenmaier, Murrhardt, DE;
Steffen Leutz, Mauer, DE;
Hans Irion, Winnenden, DE;
Juergen Hasch, Uhingen, DE;
Stefan Clauss, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
Uwe Skultety-betz, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
Bjoern Haase, Stuttgart, DE;
Ulli Hoffmann, Nieffern-Oeschelbronn, DE;
Ewald Schmidt, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Heinz Pfizenmaier, Murrhardt, DE;
Steffen Leutz, Mauer, DE;
Hans Irion, Winnenden, DE;
Juergen Hasch, Uhingen, DE;
Stefan Clauss, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
Uwe Skultety-Betz, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
Bjoern Haase, Stuttgart, DE;
Ulli Hoffmann, Nieffern-Oeschelbronn, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a locator, in particular a handheld locator for detecting inclusions in walls, ceilings and/or floors, having a capacitive sensor device disposed in a housing, having means for generating a detection sensor of the at least one capacitive sensor device, having a control and evaluation unit, communicating with the sensor device, for ascertaining measurement values from the detection sensor, and having an output unit for reproducing measurement values of the capacitive sensor device. According to the invention, it is proposed that a measuring capacitor () of the capacitive sensor device () has a first electrode (), which includes one face of the housing () of the sensor device ().