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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
May. 20, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
James Stewart Rankin, II, Novi, MI (US);
Dipanjan Ghosh, Livonia, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A proximity switch assembly and method for detecting activation of a proximity switch assembly is provided. The assembly includes a plurality of proximity switches each having a proximity sensor providing a sense activation field. A first proximity sensor generates a first activation field and comprises first and second electrodes having first fingers interdigitated with second fingers. A second proximity sensor generates a second activation field and comprises third and fourth electrode fingers having third fingers interdigitated with fourth fingers. The first and second electrodes are interleaved with the third and fourth electrodes.