# US 2017/0284149 A1 · Device and vehicle for the contactless actuation of an adjustable vehicle part > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0284149 A1 - Document ID: US20170284149A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/629,983 - Filed: 2017-06-22 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2014-12-22 - Assignees: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg - Applicants: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg - Inventors: FLORIAN PIRCHHEIM; JONAS REICH - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170284149A1 ## CPC - E05F 15/73: responsive to movement or presence of persons or objects - B60J 5/101: {for non-load transporting vehicles, i.e. family cars including vans} - B60R 25/2054: {by foot gestures} - G01D 5/2405: {by varying dielectric} - H03K 17/955: using a capacitive detector - E05Y 2900/532: Back doors or end doors - H03K 2217/960755: Constructional details of capacitive touch and proximity switches - E05F: DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING - B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G01D: MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H03K: PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) - E05Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF ## Abstract A device for the contactless actuation of an adjustable vehicle part. The device has a capacitive proximity sensor with at least one elongated sensor electrode, and a body part to which the proximity sensor is indirectly or directly fastened. The body part in turn is or can be mounted on the vehicle in a specific mounting position. The sensor electrode extends obliquely relative to a lower edge of the body part in such a way that it is in an exact or at least approximately horizontal position with respect to its longitudinal extension when in the mounting position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device for contactless actuation of an adjustable vehicle part of a vehicle, the device comprising: a capacitive proximity sensor having at least one elongated sensor electrode; a vehicle part selected from the group consisting of a body cladding part and a outer cladding part being mounted in a defined installation position on the vehicle, said capacitive proximity sensor is indirectly or directly attached to said body cladding part or said outer cladding part; and said elongated sensor electrode extending at an angle to a lower edge of said body cladding part or said outer cladding part such that said elongated sensor electrode is oriented exactly or at least approximately horizontally in respect of a longitudinal extent thereof when in an installation position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein: said body cladding part or said outer cladding part is formed by a bumper of the vehicle; and said elongated proximity sensor is indirectly or directly attached to an inside of said body cladding part or said outer cladding part. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The device according to claim 2, wherein said elongated proximity sensor is attached to a side section of the bumper. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein a distance of said elongated sensor electrode from ground on which the vehicle is standing varies by no more than a difference in distance of 20 mm over a length said elongated sensor electrode. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein said elongated sensor electrode is one of two sensor electrodes that are attached to said body cladding part or said outer cladding part exactly or at least approximately parallel to each other in respect of a longitudinal extent of said sensor electrodes. ### Claim 6 A vehicle, comprising: an adjustable vehicle part; a device for contactless actuation of said adjustable vehicle part of the vehicle, said device containing a capacitive proximity sensor having at least one elongated sensor electrode; a further vehicle part selected from the group consisting of a body cladding part and a outer cladding part being mounted in a defined installation position on the vehicle, said capacitive proximity sensor is indirectly or directly attached to said body cladding part or said outer cladding part; and said elongated sensor electrode extending at an angle to a lower edge of said body cladding part or said outer cladding part such that said elongated sensor electrode is oriented exactly or at least approximately horizontally in respect of a longitudinal extent thereof when in an installation position.