# US 2017/0285209 A1 · Device 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 2017/0285209 A1 - Document ID: US20170285209A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/630,417 - 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/US20170285209A1 ## CPC - G01V 3/08: operating with magnetic or electric fields produced or modified by objects or geological structures or by detecting devices (with electromagnetic waves G01V3/12) - B60R 25/2054: {by foot gestures} - E05F 15/73: responsive to movement or presence of persons or objects - H03K 17/955: using a capacitive detector - B60J 5/101: {for non-load transporting vehicles, i.e. family cars including vans} - E05Y 2900/532: Back doors or end doors - H03K 2217/960755: Constructional details of capacitive touch and proximity switches - G01V: GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS (means for indicating the location of accidentally buried, e.g. snow-buried, persons A63B29/02) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - 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 - 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) - 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) - 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 contactless actuation of an adjustable vehicle part. The device has a capacitive proximity sensor having a first elongated sensor electrode and a second elongated sensor electrode, as well as a carrier component for fastening the proximity sensor. The carrier component has a curved mounting surface on which the sensor electrodes are placed in such a way that the horizontal distance between the two sensor electrodes over the length of the sensor electrodes is exactly or at least approximately constant, the vertical distance between the sensor electrodes varying over the length of the sensor electrodes. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device for contactless actuation of an adjustable vehicle part of a vehicle, the device comprising: a capacitive proximity sensor that comprises a first elongated sensor electrode and a second elongated sensor electrode; and a carrier component to fasten the proximity sensor to the vehicle in a specific installation position, the carrier component having a curved mounting surface on which the two sensor electrodes are mounted spaced apart from one another such that in the installed position the vertical component of the electrode distance formed between the first sensor electrode and the second sensor electrode varies over a length of the sensor electrodes so that the horizontal component of the electrode distance is exactly or at least approximately constant over the length of the sensor electrodes. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the horizontal component of the electrode distance varies by a maximum of 10% from its average value over the length of the sensor electrodes. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the vertical component of the electrode distance varies by more than 10% from its average value over the length of the sensor electrodes. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein each sensor electrode is curved only in one dimension, so that each sensor electrode extends at least approximately within an associated flat plane, and wherein the particular planes are positioned at an angle to one another. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The device according to claim 4, wherein one of the sensor electrodes in the installed state of the device on the vehicle extends within a horizontal plane. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the carrier component is formed by a vehicle bumper whose inner side is formed as the mounting surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the carrier component is formed by a separate flat molded part formed for fastening to a vehicle bumper. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The device according to claim 6, further comprising two proximity sensors, wherein each of the two proximity sensors in an installed position is disposed in a curved corner area of the bumper. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the device is arranged on the vehicle.