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US 12,000,746 B2Granted
Windshield sensing device
AssigneeMEAS France
InventorsVincent Leger, Yannick Vidal
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Abstract
A sensing device for a windshield includes an attachment member attachable to a surface of the windshield and a sensing element having a transducer. The attachment member has a pressing device. The pressing device applies a pressure on or over the transducer when the attachment member is attached to the surface and presses the transducer against the surface.
Claims16
A sensing device for a windshield, comprising:
- an attachment member attachable to a surface of the windshield, the attachment member having a pressing device that is integrally formed in a single piece with the attachment member, and is tab-shaped with a first portion of the pressing device attached to the attachment member and a second portion of the pressing device terminating in a free extremity;
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- a sensing element having a transducer, the pressing device applying a pressure on or over the transducer when the attachment member is attached to the surface and pressing the transducer against the surface.
A method for attaching a sensing device on a windshield, comprising:
- providing the sensing device including an attachment member having a pressing device that is tab-shaped, with a first portion of the pressing device attached to the attachment member and a second portion of the pressing device terminating in a free extremity, and a sensing element having a transducer;
- attaching the attachment member to a surface of the windshield, the pressing device applying a pressure on or over the transducer pressing the transducer against the surface;
- assembling an electrical contact pin to the attachment member;
- accommodating a printed circuit board in the attachment member with a free extremity of the electrical contact pin extending out of a through-hole of the printed circuit board;
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- bending the sensing element to form an angle between a first portion of the sensing element and a second portion of the sensing element, the second portion having the transducer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.