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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2006
Masayuki Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazushi Hirose, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Fujimura, Osaka, JP;
Minoru Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Takao Koba, Osaka, JP;
Hiroki Nishida, Osaka, JP;
Naoki Sumiya, Aichi, JP;
Kenji Kato, Aichi, JP;
Masayuki Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazushi Hirose, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Fujimura, Osaka, JP;
Minoru Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Takao Koba, Osaka, JP;
Hiroki Nishida, Osaka, JP;
Naoki Sumiya, Aichi, JP;
Kenji Kato, Aichi, JP;
Shiroki Kogyo Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Tachibana Eletech Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A contact detection apparatus that allows faster detection and a pinch prevention apparatus equipped with such a detection apparatus are provided. The contact detection apparatus includes a first electrode () made of a flexible conductive material and extending throughout a contact detection range, a second electrode () apart from the first electrode and extending on the back side of the first electrode, and detection means for detecting contact of an object with the first electrode based on the capacitance of the first electrode. The first electrode is made of a conductive resin containing an embedded conductor.