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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Tyler D. Hamilton, Farmington, MI (US);
Michael Robertson, Jr., Garden City, MI (US);
Rashaun Phinisee, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Kunal Singh, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Raghuraman Surineedi, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A sensor apparatus includes a housing attachable to a vehicle and including a panel, a sensor window, a liquid nozzle fixed relative to the housing, and a tunnel. The panel includes a port. The sensor window is positioned in the port. The liquid nozzle is aimed at the sensor window. The liquid nozzle is positioned in a first horizontal direction from the port along the panel. The tunnel extends along the panel and is positioned in a second horizontal direction from the port, the second horizontal direction being opposite the first horizontal direction. The tunnel terminates at an opening positioned to receive fluid outputted by the nozzle.