US 12,031,876 B2
Sensor module and auto defog sensor
Junyoup Lee, Seoul (KR); BumHee Hong, Incheon (KR); and Taejung Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SENSIRION AUTOMOTIVE SOLUTIONS KOREA CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/414,311
Filed by SENSIRION AUTOMOTIVE SOLUTIONS KOREA CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Oct. 28, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/014250
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/105881, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0145476 (KR), filed on Nov. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0373405 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G01K 7/22 (2006.01); G01K 1/08 (2021.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01K 7/22 (2013.01) [G01K 1/08 (2013.01); B60H 1/00785 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor module for installation on a surface comprising:
a housing which has a contact face arranged and configured for installation on the surface, wherein the contact face of the housing has an opening;
a flexible substrate having a base substrate part fixed inside the housing and a curved substrate part which extends in a bent form from the base substrate part and has an extension end
fixed inside the housing so that a contact part of the curved substrate part is withdrawn via the opening of the housing and configured to press against the surface; and
a temperature sensor arranged on or in the contact part of the curved substrate part and configured to measure a temperature of the surface,
wherein the curved substrate part includes a pair of fixing pieces protruding from both sides of the extension end, and
wherein the housing includes a pair of fitting pieces protruding from an inner wall of the housing so that a central portion of the extension end of the curved substrate part is fitted therebetween, and a pair of hooks protruding from the inner wall of the housing so that the fixing pieces are respectively hung thereon and fixed.