US 12,000,746 B2
Windshield sensing device
Vincent Leger, Toulouse (FR); and Yannick Vidal, Toulouse (FR)
Assigned to MEAS France, Toulouse (FR)
Filed by MEAS FRANCE, Toulouse (FR)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/212,602.
Application 17/212,602 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2019/075767, filed on Sep. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18306250 (EP), filed on Sep. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0208015 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. G01L 5/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60S 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC G01L 5/0038 (2013.01) [B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0026 (2013.01); B60S 1/0881 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensing device for a windshield, comprising:
an attachment member attachable to a surface of the windshield, the attachment member having a pressing device that is integrally formed in a single piece with the attachment member, and is tab-shaped with a first portion of the pressing device attached to the attachment member and a second portion of the pressing device terminating in a free extremity; and
a sensing element having a transducer, the pressing device applying a pressure on or over the transducer when the attachment member is attached to the surface and pressing the transducer against the surface.