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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Michael Seubert, New Hudson, MI (US);
Kenneth Edward Nietering, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mark Edward Nichols, Saline, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/84 (2006.01); G01S 17/93 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/84 (2013.01); G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); G01S 17/936 (2013.01); H05B 2214/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer is programmed to modify an electrical property to adjust an opacity of a sensor cover window. The computer is programmed to actuate an excitation source to emit electro-magnetic beams toward the cover window.