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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
David Schmidt, Dearborn, MI (US);
Scott A. Black, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Katherine Jo Ralston, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/56 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); B60S 1/50 (2006.01); B60S 1/52 (2006.01); B60S 1/54 (2006.01); G01S 7/4865 (2020.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01); G01S 7/40 (2006.01); G01S 7/02 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/56 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60S 1/50 (2013.01); B60S 1/52 (2013.01); B60S 1/54 (2013.01); G01S 7/4811 (2013.01); G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G02B 27/00 (2013.01); G01S 2007/027 (2013.01); G01S 2007/4043 (2013.01); G01S 2007/4977 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a sensor window, a deflector fixedly positioned to deflect a first airflow travelling in an opposing direction to a direction of travel of the sensor window to one or more directions tangential to the sensor window, and a nozzle fixedly positioned to direct a second airflow through the nozzle to a space between the sensor window and the deflector.