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Contact sensor, and apparatus for protecting a protruding component

  • US 6,960,755 B2
  • Filed: 01/16/2002
  • Issued: 11/01/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for protecting a protruding component comprising:

  • a housing part to which the protruding component is connected;

    an impact detection element movably connected to the housing part via at least one elastically bendable rod;

    a light source coupled to the housing part defining an emission surface; and

    a receiving element coupled to the impact detection element defining a receiving surface arranged opposite the emission surface of the light source.

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