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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Michael Robertson, Jr., Garden City, MI (US);
Tony Misovski, Oxford, MI (US);
Rashaun Phinisee, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Segundo Baldovino, Novi, MI (US);
Vahan Kazandjian, Warrington, PA (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/481 (2006.01); B60S 1/54 (2006.01); B60S 1/56 (2006.01); G01D 11/24 (2006.01); G01D 11/26 (2006.01); G01D 11/30 (2006.01); G01L 19/14 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); G01D 11/24 (2013.01); G01D 11/245 (2013.01); G01D 11/26 (2013.01); G01D 11/30 (2013.01); G01L 19/14 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); B60S 1/54 (2013.01); B60S 1/56 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor assembly includes a housing including an outlet, a sensor including a sensor window, and a flap rotatably coupled to the housing at the outlet. The sensor window is fixed to the housing. The outlet is aimed across the sensor window. The flap is rotatable between an open position angled away from the outlet and a closed position extending across the outlet.