For a motor vehicle, an outside element providing a capacitive sensor, and a piece of bodywork including such an outside element
AssigneeCompagnie Plastic Omnium
InventorsArnold Fayt, Olivier Hilmarcher, Sebastien Guyon
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Abstract
The invention relates to an outside element for a motor vehicle, the element being designed to be fitted to the vehicle, e.g. on its bodywork, and comprising an essentially non-conductive protective screen (3), the element being characterized in that behind said protective screen if further comprises an electrically insulating film having two faces, each of which is covered at least in part in an electrically conductive material. The invention also provides a piece of bodywork provided with such a conductive element.
Claims12
An element for a motor vehicle for fitting onto an outside surface of the vehicle the element comprising:
- an essentially non-conductive capping for fitting onto a side door, a rear door, or a bumper shield of the vehicle;
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- an electrically insulating film situated behind said capping, and having two faces, each of which is coated at least in part with an electrically conductive material;
- wherein the element forms a capacitor with any obstacles with which the vehicle might come into contact to determine whether a distance between the vehicle and the obstacles is increasing or decreasing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.