Patent · US Expired

Sensor for an air-conditioning system in a vehicle

US5117744A · kind A · utility

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1References

19Claims

0Family size

Assignee

SAAB Automobile AB · SE

Inventors

Claes ZIMMER · carrer de Sertori, SE
Lars Johnsson · Jönköping, SE
Anders Knutson · carrer de Sertori, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 14, 1991
Grant date	Jun 2, 1992
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 14, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S454/90
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sensor for an air-conditioning system in a vehicle has a measuring head with a number of solar cells arranged in a defined pattern for determining the intensity of the solar radiation and the position of the sun relative to the sensor. Attachment elements on the sensor permit assembly of the sensor only in one way in the vehicle. A dome over the solar cells is transparent only to solar radiation.

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