Patent ID: 7114389

Claim:
A rain sensor arrangement comprising a window with a frame comprising first and second frame side parts and a lower frame part, a sash pivotable with respect to said frame, and a pane mounted in said sash, an operator for said window, and a rain sensor, said operator being adapted for pivoting said sash between a closed and an open position and vice versa, and said operator being controlled via a control circuitry responsive to input signals from at least the rain sensor, and said rain sensor having at least two sensing areas arranged so as to be protected against rain by said window, when the sash is in the closed position, wherein said sensing areas are located in the vicinity of the lower frame part of said window and in the vicinity of the frame side parts of said window, wherein said operator comprises a housing on which said sensing areas are located, and wherein said housing essentially extends along the lower frame part over the entire length between the first and second frame side parts, so as to have a first end and second end adjacent a respective one of said first and second frame side parts.