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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Dhaval P. Vaishnav, Canton, MI (US);
Yi-Hsin Yen, Canton, MI (US);
Syed K. Ali, Dearborn, MI (US);
Andre Sykula, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/08 (2006.01); B08B 1/00 (2006.01); B08B 1/04 (2006.01); B60S 1/56 (2006.01); B60S 1/62 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); B60S 1/52 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); B60S 1/54 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B08B 3/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/0848 (2013.01); B08B 1/006 (2013.01); B08B 1/04 (2013.01); B08B 3/024 (2013.01); B60S 1/528 (2013.01); B60S 1/54 (2013.01); B60S 1/544 (2013.01); B60S 1/56 (2013.01); B60S 1/566 (2013.01); B60S 1/62 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G02B 27/0006 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor assembly includes a cylindrical sensor window defining an axis, and an annular member coupled to the sensor window and rotatable about the axis. The annular member includes a nozzle aimed at the sensor window and oriented at an acute angle from a radial direction toward the axis in a plane orthogonal to the axis.