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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael Robertson, Jr., Livonia, MI (US);
Segundo Baldovino, Novi, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Sunil Patil, Troy, MI (US);
Raghuraman Surineedi, Dearborn, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a housing defining a chamber and including a panel including at least one aperture, at least one sensor fixed inside the chamber and having a field of view through a lens and the aperture, at least one annular disc attached to the sensor concentrically around the lens and including a radially outer edge contactlessly exposed to the chamber, and at least three vanes extending from the disc to the panel and arranged radially asymmetrically around the disc.