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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 04, 2014
Applicant:

Magna Mirrors Holding Gmbh, Sailauf, DE;

Inventors:

Niall R. Lynam, Holland, MI (US);

Patrick J. Lawlor, Clontarf, IE;

Garrett Coady, Palmerstown, IE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 25/66 (2006.01); B60S 1/08 (2006.01); G01K 7/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 25/66 (2013.01); B60H 1/00785 (2013.01); B60H 1/00792 (2013.01); B60S 1/0822 (2013.01); B60S 1/0866 (2013.01); G01K 7/22 (2013.01); B60S 1/0862 (2013.01);
Abstract

A temperature sensor system for a vehicle includes a temperature sensor assembly having a thermally insulating body, a temperature sensing element thermally insulated within the body, and a thermally conductive contacting element exposed externally of the body and in thermal communication with the temperature sensing element. The thermally conductive contacting element is urged into contact with an interior cabin side of a windshield of the vehicle for sensing the temperature of the vehicle windshield. A controller, responsive to the temperature sensing element and another temperature sensing element and a humidity sensing element of the vehicle, is operable to calculate an ambient dew point and to control a cabin climate control system of the vehicle responsive to the calculated ambient dew point. The other temperature sensing element is mounted in the vehicle away from the vehicle windshield.


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