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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2010
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Cornel Lewis Gardner, Romulus, MI (US);
Scott Simon, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Raymond Anthony Oldani, Canton, MI (US);
Jeffrey Singer, Canton, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Cornel Lewis Gardner, Romulus, MI (US);
Scott Simon, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Raymond Anthony Oldani, Canton, MI (US);
Jeffrey Singer, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle component is provided that includes a console surface, at least one circuit board proximate the console surface, and an array of proximity sensors electrically connected to the at least one circuit board. Each of the proximity sensors emit a field that combine to form an activation field, wherein a lateral direction of the activation field extending approximately parallel to the console surface is greater than a longitudinal direction of the activation field extending approximately perpendicular to the console surface.