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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael Robertson, Jr., Garden City, MI (US);
Rashaun Phinisee, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Anthony Michael Regalbuto, Highland, MI (US);
Kunal Chaudhari, Westland, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A sensor assembly includes a sensor including a sensor lens, the sensor lens defining an axis; a housing panel including an aperture centered on the axis, the sensor lens being recessed from the aperture along the axis; and an air nozzle positioned between the aperture and the sensor lens along the axis and oriented to blow horizontally across the sensor lens. The aperture and the sensor lens define a gap positioned on an opposite lateral side of the sensor lens from the air nozzle.