Vehicle door handle and sensor device thereof
AssigneesHu Shan Auto Parts Inc., National Taipei University of Technology
InventorsTo-Po WANG, Ying-Chih CHEN, Shih-You WANG, Yaon-Ming YAN
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Abstract
A vehicle door handle includes a case, a first detector and a second detector. The first detector includes a core and a coil that is wound around the core. The second detector is disposed side by side with the first detector, and includes a sensor electrode that has a wavy geometry and that has an axis substantially parallel to the axis of the core. The sensor electrode includes a first wavy segment and a second wavy segment. The first wavy segment corresponds in position to the coil and has a first linear density, and the second wavy segment has a second linear density that is greater than the first linear density.
Claims12
A vehicle door handle comprising:
- a case that defines a receiving space;
- a first detector including a core that is disposed in said receiving space, and a coil that is wound around said core and that has a first length along an axis of said core;
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- a second detector disposed side by side with said first detector, said second detector including a sensor electrode that has a wavy geometry, that has an axis substantially parallel to said axis of said core, and that has a second length along said axis of said sensor electrode, the second length being greater than the first length, said sensor electrode including a first wavy segment and a second wavy segment, said first wavy segment corresponding in position to said coil and having a first linear density relative to said axis of said sensor electrode, said second wavy segment having a second linear density relative to said axis of said sensor electrode, the second linear density being greater than the first linear density.
A sensor device for installation in a receiving space of a case of a vehicle door handle, said sensor device comprising:
- a first detector including a core that is to be disposed in the receiving space, and a coil that is wound around said core and that has a first length along an axis of said core;
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- a second detector disposed side by side with said first detector, said second detector including a sensor electrode that has a wavy geometry, that has an axis substantially parallel to said axis of said core, and that has a second length along said axis of said sensor electrode, the second length being greater than the first length, said sensor electrode including a first wavy segment and a second wavy segment, said first wavy segment corresponding in position to said coil and having a first linear density relative to said axis of said sensor electrode, said second wavy segment having a second linear density relative to said axis of said sensor electrode, the second linear density being greater than the first linear density.
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