Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Valeo North America, Inc.

Venkatesh Krishnan

Segundo Baldovino

Rashaun Phinisee

Michael Robertson, Jr

Raghuraman Surineedi

Tyler D Hamilton

Ashwin Arunmozhi

Sunil Reddy Patil

Paul Kenneth Dellock

David Michael Herman

Andre Sykula

Stuart C Salter

Prashant Dubey

Kunal Singh

Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam

Michael Whitney

Kunal Chaudhari

Kosta Papanikolaou

Livianu Dorin Puscas

Brandon Buckhalt

Anthony Michael Regalbuto

David Brian Glickman

LaRon Michelle Brown

Thomas Michael Herline

James Pizzimenti

Navvab Khajehosseini

Ashley Lucas

Annette Lynn Huebner

Harry Lobo

Bhupendra A Patel

Jose Garcia Crespo

Matthew Dennis Smith Boswell

Benjamin Lee

Scott Cutler

Michael Robertson

Subba Reddy Boggu

Pietro Buttolo

Aaron Bradley Johnson

James Joseph Loschiavo

Alexander Petniunas

Michael Bryan Vanbelle

Raghu Raman Surineedi

Sami A Alkharabsheh

Mark Bosca

Denis Thebault

Ravikumar Ranganathan

William Terrasse

Dhaval P Vaishnav

Syed K Ali

Aaron Lesky

Charles Gregory Bambenek

Catherine M Amodeo

Luis Angel Gonzalez

Manan Prafulchandra Sevak

Charles Prain

Mario Domonick Iaquinta

Haiping Hong

Mohan Kamath

Aed M Dudar

John Eric Rollinger

Mohamed Ridha Baccouche

Saied Nusier

Manfred Koberstein

Clay Wesley Maranville

Mark Edward Nichols

Adam J Richards

Xavier Bousset

Scott Steadmon Thompson

Alan Gutowski

Lars Niklas Pettersson

Peter Mitchell Lyon

Curtis Mark Jones

Kip Alan Ewing

David J Schmidt

Colm Peter Boran

Lorne Forsythe

Steven Marshall

Jason Falenski

Kathleen M Parlow

Steve T Skikun

Darshan Arun Nayak

Kelly Michael Kohlstrand

David Manuel Rogers

Maher Ghneim

David Hancock

M Scott Christensen

Frank Fusco

Maxime Baudouin

Marcus Edward Merideth

Stephen Michael White

Krystof Peter Jankowski

Mark Taylor

Joshua Norwood

Jose Alberto Gomez Ramirez

Frank Aust

Ronald Beras

Roger Petrey

Donald G Mikolai

Alexander George Shanku

John A Shinska

A sensor assembly includes a housing defining a chamber. A sensor unit is supported by the housing and extends vertically upward along an axis from the housing. The sensor unit includes a base and a sensor housing mounted to the base and rotatable relative to the base about the axis. The sensor unit includes a sensor. The sensor housing extends circumferentially around the sensor and defines a sensor chamber therebetween. A blower box is supported by the housing in the chamber. The blower box defines a blower chamber in fluid communication with the sensor chamber. A blower is disposed in the blower box.

Sensor assembly

A device may include a vehicle component including a contoured body surface. A device may include a vent patch attached to and adapted to conform to the contoured body surface.

Vehicle vent patches

An assembly includes a sensor housing defining an inlet. The assembly includes a sensor assembly rotatably supported by the sensor housing. The sensor assembly includes a sensor and a cover surrounding the sensor. The sensor assembly has a cavity between the sensor and the cover. The inlet is in fluid communication with the cavity.

Cleaning and cooling of vehicle sensor assembly

Vent patch systems are provided for motor vehicles. The vent patch systems may be configured for ultrasonically cleaning a vent patch of a vehicle component, thereby preserving/restoring air circulation through the vehicle component and reducing condensation build-up. An exemplary vent patch system may include a vent patch and an ultrasonic device. The ultrasonic device can be controlled to induce movement (e.g., vibration) of the vent patch in order to remove dirt and other debris that could otherwise inhibit proper air circulation through the vehicle component.

Vehicle vent patch systems with ultrasonic devices

A vehicle includes a vehicle body having an exterior surface. A sensor assembly has a mounting bracket and a sensor housing. The mounting bracket is on the exterior surface of the vehicle body and is fused to the exterior surface of the vehicle body. The sensor housing is releasably connected to the mounting bracket.

Sensor assembly including mounting bracket fused to vehicle body

A method and system include a housing, a vehicle lamp assembly that is supported by the housing, and a motor sled that is supported for movement relative to the housing. An adjustment member is coupled to the motor sled, and the motor sled is moveable by the adjustment member to adjust an aim of the vehicle lamp assembly. A biasing member reacts between the motor sled and the housing to provide a pre-load.

Biasing member for headlamp aiming system

A sensor assembly includes a housing and a sensor unit attached to the housing. The sensor unit includes a cylindrical shell defining a vertical axis and rotatable around the axis relative to the housing. The cylindrical shell extends upward along the axis from a lower edge. The sensor unit includes a first frustoconical panel fixed to the cylindrical shell, centered on the axis, and extending downward and radially outward from the lower edge. The housing includes a second frustoconical panel centered on the axis, defining a gap with the first frustoconical panel, and defining an airflow outlet from the housing radially inside the second frustoconical panel relative to the axis. The sensor unit defines an airflow inlet radially inside the lower edge relative to the axis and positioned to receive airflow from the airflow outlet. At least one of the frustoconical panels includes a ridge extending into the gap.

A sensor apparatus includes a sensor including a sensor lens, an air nozzle fixed relative to the sensor lens and positioned to direct airflow out of the air nozzle across the sensor lens, and a fin positioned inside the air nozzle. The fin is rotatably coupled to the air nozzle and rotatable relative to the air nozzle around an axis of rotation. The fin is elongated radially from the axis of rotation. The fin is rotatable between a first position impeding airflow through the air nozzle and a second position permitting airflow through the air nozzle.

Sensor apparatus with cleaning

A sensor assembly includes a bracket fixed to a frame of a vehicle, two environmental sensors fixed to the bracket, and an insulating plate positioned between the environmental sensors and an inside of the vehicle. The sensor assembly may enhance the operation of the environmental sensors. Mounting both environmental sensors to the same bracket can permit more stringent position tolerances to be met by the environmental sensors compared to independently mounting the environmental sensors to the frame of the vehicle. Moreover, the bracket can provide a reference for locating the insulating plate. Additionally, the insulating plate can isolate the environmental sensors from heat generated by the vehicle, permitting the environmental sensors to more easily be kept within a temperature range for reliable operation. Finally, the same insulating plate can be used for both environmental sensors, in part due to the common position from the bracket.

Vehicle sensor assembly

A sensor assembly includes a housing, a sensor unit attached to the housing, and an elastomeric flap. The sensor unit includes a shell defining a vertical axis. The shell is rotatable around the axis relative to the housing. The shell includes a lower edge and extends upward along the axis from the lower edge. The housing includes an aperture centered on the axis. The aperture defines an airflow outlet from the housing radially inside the aperture relative to the axis. The sensor unit defines an airflow inlet radially inside the lower edge relative to the axis and positioned to receive airflow from the aperture. The aperture and the lower edge define a fixed gap extending around the axis. The flap is fixed to one of the housing or the sensor unit, and the flap extends across the fixed gap toward the other one of the housing or the sensor unit.

Rotatable sensor assembly with elastomeric flap

An assembly for mounting a sensor to a vehicle includes a base, a sensor bracket, and a tolerance compensator between the base and the sensor bracket. The tolerance compensator is threadedly coupled to the base and releasably engaged with the sensor bracket in an assembled position. The assembly includes a washer including a hub fixed relative to the base and a plurality of tabs arranged circumferentially around the hub and extending radially relative to the hub. One of the tabs is moveable into engagement with the tolerance compensator in the assembled position.

Sensor assembly and method of installing to a vehicle

A sensor assembly includes a housing including an outlet. The sensor assembly includes a sensor window, the sensor window fixed relative to the housing, and the outlet aimed across the sensor window. The sensor assembly includes a flap rotatably coupled to the housing at the outlet. The sensor assembly includes a deflector covering the flap. The flap is disposed between the outlet and the deflector and rotatable toward and away from the deflector.

Sensor assembly with deflector

A cleaning assembly includes a first reservoir, a second reservoir, a first pump positioned to pump fluid out of the first reservoir, a second pump positioned to pump fluid out of the second reservoir, a connecting hose fluidly connecting the first reservoir and the second reservoir, and a third pump positioned to control fluid flow through the connecting hose. The third pump is operable to pump fluid from the first reservoir to the second reservoir, and the third pump is operable to pump fluid from the second reservoir to the first reservoir.

Cleaning assembly for vehicle sensors

A vehicle includes a vehicle body and an optical sensor supported by the vehicle body and defining a field-of-view. The vehicle includes a transparent shield in the field-of-view, the transparent shield having an outer surface. The vehicle includes a camera facing the outer surface of the transparent shield.

Upon determining an autonomous mode for a vehicle is activated, a motor is actuated to move a wiper across a windshield in a low mode based on determining to clean the windshield. A blower is actuated to direct air across a sensor. Then, after expiration of a first timer, a pump is actuated according to a pressure threshold to direct fluid through a fluid nozzle and across the windshield towards the sensor. The pressure threshold specifies a fluid pressure less than a maximum fluid pressure for the pump. The pump is stopped after expiration of a second timer.

Sensor assembly with cleaning

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Venkatesh Krishnan