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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:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2004
Applicants:
Heiner Bayha, Vaihingen/Enz, DE;
Jürgen Nies, Pforzheim, DE;
Thomas Schuler, Wiernsheim, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/02 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a sensor for detecting fog-like media, comprising at least two emitters and at least one receiver, whereby the emission axes intersect with the receiver axis at two different positions. The inventive sensor also comprises an evaluation unit that detects the medium when the receiver receives signals emitted by both emitters.