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Storage compartment sensor system for use with an automotive vehicle convertible roof

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  • US 5,654,615 A
  • Filed: 12/15/1994
  • Issued: 08/05/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A convertible roof apparatus for an automotive vehicle, said apparatus comprising:

  • a first electrical conductor;

    a second electrical conductor disposed adjacent and substantially parallel to said first electrical conductor;

    a substantially nonconductive material disposed between portions of said electrical conductors, said substantially nonconductive material nominally separating said electrical conductors;

    said first electrical conductor being flexible toward said second electrical conductor in response to the presence of an undesired object detected in said storage compartment so as to electrically create a signal;

    a storage compartment being defined as at least one location taken from the group essentially consisting of;

    an area located substantially within a trunk of said automotive vehicle, an area located substantially rearward of a rearmost passenger seat, and an area immediately above a rear passenger seat, said conductors being disposed in said storage compartment; and

    a convertible roof movable from a raised position covering a passenger compartment to a fully stowed position within said storage compartment.

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