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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2003
Applicants:
Uwe Winkler, Ettlingen, DE;
Wilfried Schilling, Kraichtal, DE;
Inventors:
Uwe Winkler, Ettlingen, DE;
Wilfried Schilling, Kraichtal, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to an embodiment of the invention, a sensor element device for a capacitive contact switch can be formed from a foam body with several portions. There are electrically conductive areas with a sensor element surface and an electrical contact face, as well as insulating areas. The sensor element surfaces engage from below on a glass ceramic plate. The areas can be interconnected in cylindrically elongated and juxtaposed manner. This leads to a type of strand material from which with the predetermined spacing it is possible to produce juxtaposed, capacitive sensor elements as parts of contact switches.