Window glass breakage detector
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
InventorsTsuneo Suzuki, Mitsugu Kobayashi
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Abstract
A clip is used for detecting breakage of an openable window glass. The clip clips a window glass that selectively opens or closes an opening of a vehicle at an end of the window glass, and breaks apart the end of the window glass following breakage of the window glass. The clip includes a first member and a second member opposing each other that are formed by folding a steel plate for making a leaf spring. The first member and the second member contact the window glass disposed therebetween at offset positions on the window glass in directions to approach each other. Accordingly, detection of the breakage of the window glass is ensured even when the entire window glass is not broken apart following the breakage of the window glass.
Claims14
A window glass breakage detector, comprising a detector attachable to a window glass of a vehicle, wherein breakage of the window glass is detected by breaking at least a part of the window glass apart following the breakage of the window glass, wherein the detector biases a surface of the window glass by elasticity of the detector in opposite directions, in contact with the surface of the window glass at offset positions on the window glass.
A window glass breakage detector, comprising a detector clippable to a window glass that selectively opens or closes an opening of a vehicle at an end of the window glass, wherein breakage of the window glass is detected by breaking at least a part of the window glass apart following the breakage of the window glass, wherein the detector includes a first member and a second member that oppose each other, wherein the first member and the second member are formed by folding a steel plate for making a leaf spring, wherein the first member and the second member are biased in a direction to approach each other, in contact with a surface of the window glass disposed between the first member and the second member at offset positions on the window glass.
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