Patents by Inventor Hans D. Edel

Hans D. Edel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4196338
    Abstract: A humidity-responsive heating circuit for a window of an automotive vehicle includes a grid of heating conductors on the window and two conductors closely approaching each other on the surface of the window such that the resistance between them changes, upon the appearance of humidity bridging the space between them, sufficiently to provide a signal. All of the conductors are composed of the same paste having the same properties and are applied as a single baked, silk screen printed pattern. The circuit may further include a switch to apply a voltage between those two conductors, amplifying means responsive to change of resistance between them, and a relay controlled by the amplifying means for connection of the heating grid to a source of voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1980
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Industries
    Inventor: Hans D. Edel