Abstract: A vehicle glazing comprising a pane of body-tinted glazing material, which provides the glazing with a solar control and/or privacy function, having a capacitive moisture sensor mounted relative to it. The glazing material may be tinted glass. If the glazing is a laminate, the ply of interlayer material may be body-tinted additionally, or alternatively, to the two panes of glazing material being tinted. The sensor may include at least two sensing lines of conductive ink printed onto the glazing material. The sensing lines may additionally function as antenna and/or part of alarm circuitry and/or part of a heating element for defrosting/demisting the glazing.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 30, 2007
Publication date:
February 5, 2009
Applicants:
Pilkington Automotive Limited, Pilkington Autonotive Deutschland GmbH