Vehicle Window Assembly Heating Layout for Multi-Sensor Defogging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle window systems with integrated sensors face challenges in effectively heating multiple sensor regions and arranging heating components, leading to poor defogging and defrosting performance in severe weather conditions.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle window assembly that includes a vehicle window glass with defined signal transmission windows, where at least two sensors are mounted on the inner side, and a heating component with linear heating elements that extend through some signal transmission windows multiple times, while heating the peripheral regions of others, ensuring efficient defogging and defrosting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple sensors are integrated on the vehicle window glass, then driving assistance capability is improved, but the complexity of heating component arrangement worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The heating component is divided into multiple independent heating regions, with each heating region corresponding to a specific sensor's signal transmission window. This segmentation allows each heating component to be independently arranged and controlled, simplifying the overall arrangement complexity while maintaining effective heating of all sensor regions
Solution Approach 2:
Different heating components are configured with different local characteristics (such as different shapes, sizes, and positions) to match the specific requirements of each sensor's signal transmission window. This local customization enables effective heating of each sensor region without requiring a complex unified heating design
2Reliability
If heating components are arranged to cover all sensor regions, then defogging and defrosting performance is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The heating system is segmented into multiple independent heating regions, each responsible for a specific sensor's signal transmission window. This segmentation achieves comprehensive coverage of all sensor regions while keeping each heating component simple and manageable, thereby improving defogging and defrosting performance without significantly increasing overall device complexity
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This arrangement allows for simultaneous and effective heating of multiple signal transmission windows, accelerating the defogging and defrosting process and improving the arrangement of heating regions, ensuring clear sensor views in adverse weather.
Implementation Method 1
a heating component, wherein the heating component includes at least one linear heating element
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle window assembly and a vehicle are provided. The vehicle window assembly includes a vehicle window glass, at least two sensors, and a heating component. The vehicle window glass has a functional region. At least two signal transmission windows are defined at intervals in the functional region. The at least two sensors are mounted at an inner side of the vehicle window glass. Positions of the at least two sensors are in a one-to-one correspondence with positions of the at least two signal transmission windows. The heating component includes at least one linear heating element. At least one signal transmission window of the at least two signal transmission windows is extended through by the at least one linear heating element multiple times. At least another signal transmission window of the at least two signal transmission windows is not extended through by the at least one linear heating element.