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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mahmoud Y. Ghannam, Canton, MI (US);
Sami Jarmak, Dearborn, MI (US);
Roy Joseph Scott, Saline, MI (US);
Kam Hage, Troy, MI (US);
David J. Tippy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Steven Y. Schondorf, Dearborn, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A shield housing mounts a yaw sensor onto a trailer structural element. A shield body defines a sensor cavity within a closed bottom, an open face, and a perimeter wall with a side opening. A mounting post extends from the closed bottom into the sensor cavity and is adapted to affix the sensor at a predetermined orientation in the shield body. A pair of side wings extend laterally from the perimeter wall. Each side wing has a respective groove adapted to retain a respective strap loop tensioned over the groove and the structural element. In one preferred embodiment, the perimeter wall may have a base edge, and the side wings may each have a base surface opposite the grooves. The base edge and the base surfaces may have a contoured profile configured to orient the housing in a predetermined direction on the structural element.