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US 6,185,950 B1Granted
Sensor for detecting solar insolation
AssigneeBehr GmbH & Co.
InventorsWilhelm Baruschke, Oliver Kaefer, Karl Lochmahr
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AssigneeBehr GmbH & Co.
InventorsWilhelm Baruschke, Oliver Kaefer, Karl Lochmahr
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The invention relates to a sensor for detecting the direction and intensity of solar insolation, particularly, for controlling an air conditioning system, having at least two sensor elements that, are assigned to the left-hand and right-hand sides of the vehicle, respectively, and are arranged on a respective face whose surfaces are, at least partially, subject to the solar insolation entering the vehicle from the left-hand and right-hand sides, respectively. To provide an improved sensor that is particularly cost effective and can be fitted simply into a vehicle to control an air conditioning system, the sensor elements are designed as temperature sensors and are each connected in a heat conducting manner to their associated surfaces, which surfaces absorb, at least, most of the solar insolation which is incident thereon.
A device for detecting the direction and intensity of solar insolation incident upon the interior of a vehicle, comprising:
A surface in a motor vehicle having a device for detecting the direction and intensity of solar insolation incident upon the interior of a vehicle, wherein the device forms an integral part of the surface in the motor vehicle and wherein the device comprises a sensor having at least a right-hand and a left-hand surface, wherein each of said surfaces is subject to solar insolation and absorbs most of the solar insolation incident thereon from the right-hand and left-hand sides of the vehicle;
A motor vehicle, comprising:
A surface in a motor vehicle having a device for detecting the direction and intensity of solar insolation incident upon the interior of a vehicle, wherein the device forms an integral part of the surface in the motor vehicle and comprises a sensor having at least a right-hand and a left-hand surface, the device protrudes out of the surface in the motor vehicle and an edge between said left-hand and right-hand surfaces points toward a front of the motor vehicle instrument panel.
A surface in a motor vehicle having a device for detecting the direction and intensity of solar insolation incident upon the interior of a vehicle, wherein the device forms an integral part of the surface in the motor vehicle comprises a sensor having at least a right-hand and a left-hand surface, wherein the device is recessed in the surface of the motor vehicle, and wherein an edge between said left-hand and right-hand surfaces points toward a rear of the motor vehicle instrument panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.