Protector with sensor

A protector with a sensor comprising:

• an installation base member operatively coupled on at least one of a peripheral edge of a panel or a peripheral edge of an opening of an automobile body, said panel being moveable between at least two positions to open and close said opening of the automobile body, the panel being selected from the group consisting of a door and a sun roof of an automobile;
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• a hollow part unified with the installation base member, the hollow part including an outer coat having an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface, the hollow part having a shape of a tube, the hollow part having core wires, first and second conductive parts, and a space provided therein, the hollow part comprising synthetic rubber having flexibility, each of the first and second conductive parts having a respective one of the core wires embedded therein, the space being positioned between the first and second conductive parts;
• the hollow part having an inner-cabin side end and an outer-cabin side end each being connected with the installation base member, the inner-cabin side end and the outer-cabin side end being at a distance from each other along the installation base member in which:
• when an object is disposed between said panel and said opening, and makes contact with said hollow part when said panel is moved towards a closed position, an electric signal provides an indication that said object is in said opening;
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• said core wires drawn out in a longitudinal direction of said hollow part, each of the core wires including a respective lead joined with a control unit, wherein:
• said first conductive part positioned within the hollow part between the inner-cabin side end and the outer-cabin side end adjacent the installation base member and said second conductive part spaced apart from the first conductive part;
• said first and second conductive parts shaped and positioned in a manner that an inner-cabin space end and an outer-cabin space end of said space are defined on the inner peripheral surface of the outer coat of said hollow part;
• a coating layer only a first range of the outer peripheral surface of the outer coat from the inner-cabin side end of the hollow part to a part of the outer peripheral surface opposite the inner-cabin space end and a second range of the outer peripheral surface of the outer coat from the outer-cabin side end of the hollow part to a part of the outer peripheral surface opposite the outer-cabin space end, wherein the first range is separated from the second range by a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the outer coat void of a coating;
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• the coating layer having a hardness higher than that of the hollow part.