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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Valeo North America, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Andre Sykula, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Segundo Baldovino, Novi, MI (US);
Michael Whitney, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
David Franco, Issoire, FR;
Maxime Baudouin, Issoire, FR;
Xavier Bousset, Issoire, FR;
William Terrasse, Issoire, FR;
Theophile Jullien, Issoire, FR;
Geoffroy Duplaix, Issoire, FR;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A sensor apparatus includes a cylindrical sensor window defining an axis, and a tubular annular member fixed relative to the sensor window and substantially centered around the axis. The annular member includes a plurality of first nozzles and second nozzles arranged in an alternating pattern around the annular member. The first nozzles each have a direction of discharge in a radially inward and axial direction forming a first angle with the axis. The second nozzles each have a direction of discharge in a radially inward and axial direction forming a second angle with the axis, and the second angle is different than the first angle.