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US 6,282,969 B1Granted
Optically clear housing and reduced cure time potting compound for use with object sensor
AssigneeVeleo Electrical Systems, Inc.
InventorThomas R. Daniel
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Abstract
A vehicle exterior object detector apparatus includes a transceiver carried within an optically clear housing and mounted by a holder to a support on the vehicle. A potting compound surrounds the transceiver within the optically clear housing, the potting compound having a cure time less than that of a heat curable potting compound. A heater element is carried in the holder in surrounding relationship with one end of the transceiver housing for melting ice and snow build up on the end of the housing for proper operation of the transmitter and receiver.
Claims15
A sensor, comprising:
- transceiver means for transmitting a signal and receiving a return signal reflected off of an object within a range of the transceiver means;
- an optically clear housing disposed about the transceiver means, wherein the optically clear housing is transmissive to UV light;
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- a potting compound surrounding the transceiver means within the housing, the potting compound having a cure time less than that of a heat curable potting compound, wherein the potting compound is a UV cured potting compound.
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An object detection apparatus comprising:
- transceiver means for transmitting a signal and receiving a return signal reflected off of an object within a range of the transceiver means;
- an optically clear housing disposed about the transceiver means;
- a potting compound surrounding the transceiver means within the housing, the potting compound having a cure time less than that of a heat curable potting compound;
- means for mounting the transceiver means on a support, the mounting means including a holder coupled to the transceiver means, the holder having an end facing exteriorly of an exterior surface of the support and disposed adjacent an end of the transceiver means;
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- heating means, carried by the end of the holder, for elevating the temperature of at least the end portion of the transceiver means to remove meltable material disposed on the transceiver means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.