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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Segundo Baldovino, Novi, MI (US);
Prashant Dubey, Canton, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Laron Michelle Brown, Detroit, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 1/04 (2006.01); B60S 1/08 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/0833 (2013.01); B60H 1/00735 (2013.01); G06K 9/4661 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor and a system using the sensor are described. The sensor may comprise: a cover; and a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) shroud located at a periphery of the cover. The system may include one or more such sensors in a passage of a housing. The system further may comprise a blower that moves air through the passage and across at least a portion of the sensor(s).