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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Michael Robertson, Jr., Livonia, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Sunil Patil, Troy, MI (US);
Rashaun Phinisee, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 11/00 (2006.01); G01D 11/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 11/245 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a housing defining a chamber and including a panel including an aperture, a sensor fixed inside the chamber and having a field of view through a lens and the aperture, and an annular disc attached to the sensor concentrically around the lens and including a radially outer edge contactlessly exposed to the chamber. An annular slot is defined by the disc. The slot extends at least 180° around the lens.