US 11,733,512 B2
Sensor having a wireless heating system
Prashant Dubey, Canton, MI (US); Segundo Baldovino, Novi, MI (US); LaRon Michelle Brown, Detroit, MI (US); and Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/504,644.
Prior Publication US 2021/0011283 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01); H05B 6/10 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); H10N 10/13 (2023.01); F25B 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0006 (2013.01) [G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); G01S 7/497 (2013.01); H05B 6/10 (2013.01); H10N 10/13 (2023.02); F25B 21/02 (2013.01); G01S 2007/4977 (2013.01); H05B 2214/02 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor, comprising:
a housing, comprising a transmitting coil; and
an optic assembly, comprising a body supporting a first semi-circular receiving coil, a second semi-circular receiving coil, and a conductive film that is in electrical contact with the first and second semi-circular receiving coils;
wherein, when the transmitting coil is energized, the first and second semi-circular receiving coils are wirelessly energized causing a temperature of the film to increase;
wherein the film has a polarity;
wherein a first polarity of the film is aligned with a middle region of the first semi-circular coil; and
wherein a second polarity of the film is aligned with a middle region of the semi-circular second coil.