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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Segundo Baldovino, Novi, MI (US);
Rashaun Phinisee, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Navvab Khajehosseini, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/931 (2020.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B62D 35/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/4865 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/931 (2020.01); B62D 35/005 (2013.01); G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a windshield having a top edge. The vehicle includes a roof extending rearward from the top edge of the windshield. The vehicle includes a sensor assembly supported by the roof, the sensor assembly including at least one of a LIDAR sensor or a camera. The vehicle includes a deflector movable from a lowered position to a raised position and supported by the roof at the top edge of the windshield forward of and spaced from the sensor assembly.