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Vehicle sensor assembly including integral heating unit

  • US 6,710,302 B1
  • Filed: 10/31/2002
  • Issued: 03/23/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An object proximity sensor assembly for a vehicle comprising:

  • a sensor housing configured for attachment to an external surface of said vehicle, a recess being formed in said sensor housing;

    a heating unit fitted into said recess and comprising;

    a solid, single layer shell including a side wall;

    an opening surrounded by said shell side wall; and

    a heating coil embedded in said shell side wall; and

    a sensor seated in said opening and configured to emit interrogation signals into the ambient environment to detect the presence of an object or sense an ambient environmental condition representative of the proximity of an object and generate signals representative of the environmental condition.

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