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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Navvab Khajehosseini, Canton, MI (US);
Rashaun Phinisee, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Segundo Baldovino, Novi, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G01D 11/24 (2006.01); G01D 11/26 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 11/26 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G01D 11/245 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly includes a housing and a sensor supported by the housing. The assembly includes a deflector supported by the housing forward of the sensor. The deflector and the sensor define a spacing therebetween. The spacing is open to an ambient environment external of the housing. The deflector includes transparent material that permits light to pass through the deflector.