Invention Application
- Patent Title: VEHICLE WINDOW ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRATED TOUCH/PROXIMITY SENSOR
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Application No.: US16785808Application Date: 2020-02-10
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Publication No.: US20200175795A1Publication Date: 2020-06-04
- Inventor: Darin J. Snider , David K. Johnson
- Applicant: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
- Main IPC: G07C9/00
- IPC: G07C9/00 ; G06F3/044 ; B60R25/34 ; B60J1/10

Abstract:
A vehicular window assembly includes a laminated glass window panel comprising an inner glass sheet and an outer glass sheet that are laminated together. A sensing device is disposed between the inner and outer glass sheets and includes a plurality of sensors and a plurality of illumination sources. With the laminated glass window panel disposed at a vehicle and when one or more of said illumination sources are activated, a person viewing the laminated glass window panel from exterior of the vehicle views one or more of a plurality of icons or alphanumeric characters illuminated by light emitted by the activated respective one or more of the illumination sources. With the laminated glass window panel disposed at the vehicle and when the illumination sources are not activated, the sensing device is not readily visible to the person viewing the laminated glass window panel from exterior of the vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US11080958B2 Vehicle window assembly with integrated touch/proximity sensor Public/Granted day:2021-08-03
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