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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Michael Robertson, Jr., Garden City, MI (US);
Rashaun Phinisee, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Tyler D. Hamilton, Farmington, MI (US);
Alexander Petniunas, Canton, MI (US);
Subba Reddy Boggu, Prakasam Dist, IN;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A sensor assembly includes a housing, a sensor unit attached to the housing, and a gutter fixed relative to the housing. The sensor unit includes a cylindrical shell defining a vertical axis. The cylindrical shell extends above a highest point of the housing. The cylindrical shell is rotatable around the axis relative to the housing. The cylindrical shell includes a lower edge and extending upward along the axis from the lower edge. The gutter is elongated along the lower edge and positioned directly below the lower edge relative to the axis. The gutter defines an airflow outlet from the housing radially inside the gutter relative to the axis. The sensor unit defines an airflow inlet radially inside the lower edge relative to the axis and positioned to receive airflow from the airflow outlet.