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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2022
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Christopher William Labadie, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rajith Jayaratne, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Mohammad Umar Piracha, Union City, CA (US);
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for protecting a sensor from an obstruction such as liquid are discussed herein. For instance, a sensor cover assembly can include a cover to protect a sensor from precipitation, contaminants, or other obstructions. The cover of the sensor cover assembly can be configured to direct an obstruction (e.g., a liquid) away from a lens of the sensor (e.g., a ring lens of a lidar sensor) to reduce obstructions to a field of view of the sensor. The cover can include one or more channels (e.g., a trough, a downspout, a gutter, etc.) or shapes (e.g., a curved surface, a sloped surface, a convex surface, etc.) to divert the obstruction away from the lens of the sensor.