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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. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Dennis Smith Boswell, Westland, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/017 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 13/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60R 13/06 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor assembly includes a housing defining a chamber and including a panel including an aperture; a camera disposed inside the chamber and including a base, a lens spaced from the base, and a tube elongated from the base to the lens; and a tunnel mounted to the base and elongated concentrically with the tube. The lens defines a field of view of the camera through the aperture. The tunnel defines a concentric gap between the tube and the tunnel from the base to the lens.