Patent ID: 6422062
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
An integrated glass fog sensor unit for adhering to a glass surface, the unit comprising:a thermal barrier tray having a hole, a perimeter wall, a top surface, and a bottom surface, the hole extending through the top surface and the bottom surface, the top and bottom surfaces defined by the perimeter wall; an adhesive layer secured to the bottom surface for adhering to the glass surface; a multi-conductor member having a conductor terminal end, a conductor sensor end, and a plurality of conductors, the conductor sensor end disposed over the top surface, the conductors each extending from the conductor terminal end to the conductor sensor end, one of the conductors being a common ground; a glass temperature sensor termed to the conductor sensor end, the glass temperature sensor within the hole and in communication with the glass surface; an ambient air temperature sensor termed to the conductor sensor end, secured to the top surface; a relative humidity sensor termed to the conductor sensor end, the humidity sensor secured to the top surface, the relative humidity sensor mounted adjacent to the ambient air temperature sensor, the common ground termed to the glass temperature sensor, the ambient air temperature sensor and the relative humidity sensor; and a protective dome having a plurality of apertures, the dome engaged to the perimeter wall, the dome covering the tray, the glass temperature sensor, the ambient air temperature sensor, the relative humidity sensor, and the conductor sensor end.