Tesla, Inc.

Joseph Daniel Penniman

David A Kalinowski

Adnan Esmail

William B Stockton

Erik Raymond Hammer

Jing Cai

Jochen Wilden

An ultrasonic sensor assembly is placed against an inside surface of a panel for sensing objects on an opposite side of the panel and includes an ultrasonic sensor, a preload structure, a coupling element, and a damping material. The preload structure applies a preload on the ultrasonic sensor toward the inside surface of the panel. The coupling element interfaces between the ultrasonic sensor and the inside surface of the panel. The damping material is placed against the inside surface but not where the coupling element interfaces between the ultrasonic sensor and the inside surface. The coupling element may include a matrix material that is reinforced with a filler.

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Joseph Daniel Penniman