US 12,000,192 B2
Sensor for anti-entrapment system
Stephen Murree, Shelby Township, MI (US)
Assigned to UUSI, LLC, Reed City, MI (US)
Filed by UUSI, LLC, Reed City, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/097,202.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/936,089, filed on Nov. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0148152 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. E05F 15/44 (2015.01); E05F 15/46 (2015.01); E05F 15/50 (2015.01)
CPC E05F 15/443 (2015.01) [E05F 15/46 (2015.01); E05F 15/50 (2015.01); E05Y 2201/454 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/44 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/54 (2013.01); E05Y 2600/45 (2013.01); E05Y 2600/46 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/542 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/55 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor for an anti-entrapment system of a vehicle for preventing an object within an opening of the vehicle defined by a movable panel from being pinched by the movable panel, the sensor comprising:
a seal adapted to be mounted to a portion of the vehicle;
an electrically conductive mounting carrier disposed in the seal and having a formed “U” shape with two parallel sides adapted to surround a portion of the movable panel when the portion of the movable panel is disposed between the sides of the electrically conductive mounting carrier, wherein the electrically conductive mounting carrier is operable to detect the object in the path of the movable panel and to generate a pinch sensor signal indicative of the object either one of touching the seal and in close proximity to the seal; and
a controller for monitoring the electrically conductive mounting carrier, wherein the controller controls the movable panel to prevent the movable panel from pinching the object in response to the pinch sensor signal.