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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mark Edward Nichols, Saline, MI (US);
Cindy Anne Peters, Canton, MI (US);
Sabrina Louise Peczonczyk, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kerrie Nikaido Holguin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/93 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); G01S 13/93 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G01S 17/936 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9385 (2013.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor apparatus includes a housing, a LIDAR sensor attached to the housing, a window attached to the housing, and a film covering the window and removable from the window. The window may be cylindrical. The film may be a first film, and the sensor apparatus may include a second film covering the first film and removable from the first film.