Steering wheel cover
AssigneeI. G. Bauerhin GmbH
InventorsJochen Michelmann, Klaus Flittner, Martin Mueller
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AssigneeI. G. Bauerhin GmbH
InventorsJochen Michelmann, Klaus Flittner, Martin Mueller
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A steering wheel cover, having a circumferential length and a transverse width, comprises a plurality of layers that cover each other at least partially in projection. The layers include a lower electrically conductive shielding layer and an upper cover layer, between which are arranged, starting from the shielding layer, an insulation layer and at least one electrically conductive sensor layer. The shielding layer and/or the sensor layer has/have a conductor structure with conductors extending in the length and width directions of the steering wheel cover. The shielding layer and/or the sensor layer is/are electrically connected to connecting conductors of a connecting cable. The electrical connection is formed by a metal foil. The steering wheel cover serves to detect whether a driver's hand is on the steering wheel.
A steering wheel cover with a multilayer structure, which has a circumferential length and a cross-sectional width, said structure comprising a plurality of layers that cover each other at least partially in projection, with a lower electrically conductive shielding layer and an upper cover layer, between which are arranged, starting from the shielding layer, an insulation layer and at least one electrically conductive sensor layer, wherein at least one of the shielding layer and the sensor layer comprises a conductor structure with conductors extending in the length and width directions of the steering wheel cover, wherein at least one of the shielding layer and the sensor layer are electrically connected to connecting conductors of a connecting cable forming an electrical connection, and wherein the electrical connection of the respective connecting conductors of the connecting cable with the conductor structure of said at least one of the shielding layer and the sensor layer, respectively, is formed by a metal foil, the metal foil being coupled to the respective conductor structure of at least one of the shielding layer and the sensor layer.
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