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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2005
Applicant:
David L. Becker, White Lake, MI (US);
Inventor:
David L. Becker, White Lake, MI (US);
Assignee:
TRW Automotive U.S LLC, Livonia, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/14 (2006.01); G01R 33/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for sensing the proximity of a first vehicle () to an object such as a second vehicle (). The apparatus includes an array of sensor assemblies () mounted on the first vehicle (). The sensor assemblies () include Hall effect sensors (). The array of sensor assemblies () provide an output signal when located within the proximity of the second vehicle ().