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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Paul Karayacoubian, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ryan Thomas Davis, Woodside, CA (US);
Morgan Wagner, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Rituja Dhananjay Marathe, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bilge Kocer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Aaron Rifkin, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle sensing system may include a housing for containing sensor electronics, the housing having at least one window being aligned with at least one of the sensor electronics within the housing, a fan arranged on the housing and configured to provide airflow through the housing, and a conditioning element having a plurality of fins forming configured to receive the airflow from the fan to cool the sensor electronics and to direct warmed air from the fins onto the window to provide the warmed air to the window.