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Passenger detector

US6737953B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24Claims

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Assignee

I.E.E. International Electronics & Engineering S.ar.l. · LU

Inventors

Bogdan-Catalin Serban · Bucharest, RO
Michel Witte · Luxembourg, LU

Key dates

Filing date	May 4, 2001
Grant date	May 18, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 4, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60N2/003
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A description is given of a passenger detector comprising a flexible support of insulating material, at least two electrode structures placed on said insulating substrate at a certain distance from each other, and a layer of semiconducting material placed above said electrode structures in an active zone of the detector. In conformity with the invention, said layer of semiconducting material has an internal resistance that varies with a deformation of said layer and said layer of semiconducting material is placed in intimate contact with said electrode structures.

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