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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Sunil Reddy Patil, Troy, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/56 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); B60S 1/08 (2006.01); B08B 5/02 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); B08B 5/02 (2013.01); B60S 1/0848 (2013.01); B60S 1/56 (2013.01); G01S 2007/4977 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly includes a housing defining a chamber and having an air inlet. The assembly includes a blower in the chamber and in fluid communication with the air inlet. The assembly includes a sensor defining a field of view and supported by the housing. The housing has an outlet vent of variable size. The outlet vent is in communication with the blower and aimed across the field of view of the sensor.