US 12,439,524 B2
Object sensor including a deposited heater and method of forming same
Stephen C. Antaya, West Kingston, RI (US); M. Jarod Scherer, Wakefield, RI (US); Claudia Schulz, Nuremberg (DE); and Michael E. Wheaton, W. Warwick, RI (US)
Assigned to ANTAYA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Warwick, RI (US)
Filed by Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/127,156.
Application 18/127,156 is a continuation of application No. 16/140,740, filed on Sep. 25, 2018, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2023/0240015 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. C09D 11/52 (2014.01); C03C 17/00 (2006.01); C03C 17/34 (2006.01); H01B 1/22 (2006.01); H05B 3/12 (2006.01); H05B 3/18 (2006.01); H05B 3/28 (2006.01); H05B 3/86 (2006.01); H05K 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 3/1216 (2013.01) [C03C 17/009 (2013.01); C03C 17/34 (2013.01); C09D 11/52 (2013.01); H01B 1/22 (2013.01); H05B 3/12 (2013.01); H05B 3/18 (2013.01); H05B 3/286 (2013.01); H05B 3/86 (2013.01); H05B 2203/013 (2013.01); H05B 2203/017 (2013.01); H05B 2214/02 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of making a sensor, comprising:
establishing a heater on an interior surface of a cover of the sensor device the cover by forming a wire-like trace on the interior surface by depositing a fluid comprising an electrically conductive material directly onto the interior surface of the cover, forming at least one electrically conductive connector pad on the cover by depositing some of the fluid comprising the electrically conductive material directly onto the interior surface of the cover in a pad configuration simultaneously with forming the heater, and curing the deposited electrically conductive material; and
positioning and arranging the cover over an emitter configured to emit radiation and a detector configured to detect the radiation reflected off an object, such that the heater surrounds a contiguous area of the cover, through which the radiation must pass for proper operation of the emitter and the detector, the contiguous area comprising a first zone and a second zone, the first zone having a first length and a first width that is shorter than a second length and a second width of the second zone.