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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Alexander Petniunas, Canton, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
James Robert Hurd, Iii, Northville, MI (US);
Rashaun Phinisee, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Daniel Klevorn, Westland, MI (US);
Michael Robertson, Jr., Garden City, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A sensor assembly includes a housing and a sensor unit attached to the housing. The sensor unit includes a cylindrical shell defining a vertical axis and rotatable around the axis relative to the housing. The cylindrical shell extends upward along the axis from a lower edge. The sensor unit includes a first frustoconical panel fixed to the cylindrical shell, centered on the axis, and extending downward and radially outward from the lower edge. The housing includes a second frustoconical panel centered on the axis, defining a gap with the first frustoconical panel, and defining an airflow outlet from the housing radially inside the second frustoconical panel 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. At least one of the frustoconical panels includes a ridge extending into the gap.