Patent · US Expired

Sensor for optically detecting foreign bodies particularly raindrops on a glass pane

US6894619B1 · kind B1 · utility

45Cited by

6References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Patrick Schmitt · Lichtenau, DE
Norbert Hog · Appenweier, DE
Bruno Hodapp · Achern, DE
Rainer Pientka · Achern, DE
Hans Meier · Ottersweier, DE
Henry Blitzke · Laufenburg (Baden), DE
Martin Hager · Jena, DE
Manfred Burkart · Iffezheim, DE
Jochen Benz · Sontheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 5, 2000
Grant date	May 17, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 23, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60S1/0881
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sensor for optical detection of foreign bodies, in particular raindrops, on a window, in particular on the windshield of a motor vehicle, having a sensor element that is coupled to the inside of the window and having a fastening device, which is glued to the window, wherein the housing part has a fastening part pivotably attached to it, which can be brought into engagement with the fastening device by the clamping tension.

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