A sensor device includes an emitter configured to emit radiation a detector configured to detect radiation reflected from an object and a cover having an interior surface facing the emitter or detector and allowing the radiation to pass through the cover. The sensor device also includes a heater with a wire-like trace directly deposited on the interior surface of the cover formed of a fluid comprising an electrically conductive material that was deposited onto a portion of the cover and cured. The heater has an electrically conductive connector pad formed with the heater by directly depositing and curing the fluid comprising the electrically conductive material directly on the interior surface of the cover simultaneously with forming the heater. The heater is positioned and arranged to sufficiently heat the cover while not blocking an area through which radiation must pass for proper operation of the emitter and the detector.

In an embodiment, the present disclosure is directed to an assembly for preventing condensation on a surface of an object. The assembly includes a condensation mitigation device, an ambient temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, and a processor. The processor determines dewpoint temperatures for different times, the determination being based on the ambient temperature and the humidity. The processor then determines a regression for the determined dewpoint temperatures. A control signal for activating the condensation mitigation device is transmitted based on the regression for the determined dewpoint temperatures.

A mist removing device, a controlling method thereof a mist removing system and a control element are provided, which relate to the field of mist removing technology. The mist removing device includes power supply module, electrode array and insulating layer. Electrode array and insulating layer are arranged on substrate in stacked manner in direction away from substrate. Orthographic projection of insulating layer onto substrate covers orthographic projection of electrode array onto substrate. Power supply module is connected with electrode array. Power supply module is configured to supply power to electrode array such that electrode array forms electric field to cause droplets in mist to converge under action of electric field, where mist is formed on side of insulating layer away from substrate. Mist on surface of substrate can be effectively removed.

In an embodiment, the present disclosure is directed to an assembly for preventing condensation on a surface of an object. The assembly includes a condensation mitigation device, an ambient temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, and a processor. The processor determines dewpoint temperatures for different times, the determination being based on the ambient temperature and the humidity. The processor then determines a regression for the determined dewpoint temperatures. A control signal for activating the condensation mitigation device is transmitted based on the regression for the determined dewpoint temperatures.

A transparent-heater designing method by an information processing device for a transparent heater comprising a transparent base material and a heater unit, the heater unit comprising a conductive pattern formed on a surface of or inside the transparent base material, the transparent-heater designing method comprising a designing step of estimating, by the information processing device, designing information DI based on a transmissivity T and a heat generation capacity C as targets of the transparent heater, the designing information DI comprising information related to thickness of a conductive thin line comprised in the conductive pattern and information related to a pattern shape PAT of the conductive pattern.

A transparent-heater designing method by an information processing device for a transparent heater comprising a transparent base material and a heater unit, the heater unit comprising a conductive pattern formed on a surface of or inside the transparent base material, the transparent-heater designing method comprising a designing step of estimating, by the information processing device, designing information DI based on a transmissivity T and a heat generation capacity C as targets of the transparent heater, the designing information DI comprising information related to thickness of a conductive thin line comprised in the conductive pattern and information related to a pattern shape PAT of the conductive pattern.

An apparatus for a motor vehicle includes a heatable windshield comprising an electrically conductive material an electric power source electrically connected to the electrically conductive material, transducer means configured to detect environmental quantities and state quantities of the heatable windshield and to generate signals relating to the detected quantities, a control unit coupled to the transducer means to acquire the signals, wherein the control unit is configured to adjust a power supplied to the electrically conductive material by the power source as a function of at least one of the acquired signals.

An electrical connector assembly includes a male terminal having a first pivot feature and a plurality of contact arms extending from the first pivot feature. The assembly further includes a female terminal having a base plate defining a second pivot feature and a plurality of receptacle features configured to receive free ends of the plurality of contact arms as the first pivot feature engages the second pivot feature and the plurality of contact arms is rotated around the first and second pivot features.

A heater 1a includes: a substrate 10 made of a resin; a conductive film 20 being a heating element; and a power supply electrode 30. The power supply electrode 30 is electrically connected to the conductive film 20 and is arranged along a surface of the conductive film 20. The power supply electrode 30 includes a conductive filler 30p and a binder 30m. The binder 30m binds the conductive filler 30p. The power supply electrode 30 has a specific resistance of 100 .Math.Ω•cm or less. The heater 1a satisfies a relation |Rd ― Ri|/Ri ≤ 0.2. Rd is an electrical resistance [Ω] of the heater 1a, the electrical resistance being obtained after an environment of the heater 1a is maintained at a temperature of 85° C. and a relative humidity of 85% for 1000 hours. Ri is an initial electrical resistance Ri of the heater 1a.

A coated article includes a substrate, a first dielectric layer, a first metallic layer, a first primer layer, a second dielectric layer, a second metallic layer, a second primer layer, a third dielectric layer, a third primer layer, a third metallic layer, and a fourth dielectric layer. The total combined thickness of the metallic layers is at least 30 nanometers and no more than 60 nanometers. The article can have a sheet resistance of less than 0.85 Ω/□, a visible light reflectance of not more than 10%, and a visible light transmittance of at least 70%.