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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:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Aptiv Technologies Limited, St. Michael, BB;
Inventors:
Zhengyu Peng, Westfield, IN (US);
James F. Searcy, Westfield, IN (US);
Assignee:
APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, St. Michael, BB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/28 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); H01Q 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/2813 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); H01Q 1/421 (2013.01);
Abstract
An illustrative example sensor device includes a transmitter and a receiver having at least one lobe and at least null. A cover near the transmitter and the receiver includes a surface facing toward the transmitter and the receiver. The surface is at an angle relative to the receiver to direct at least some radiation transmitted by the transmitter and reflected from the surface toward the at least one null of the receiver.