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US 10,589,724 B2Granted
Stowable vehicle sensor
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsVenkatesh Krishnan, Andre Sykula, Segundo Baldovino, Jose Garcia Crespo
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Abstract
A sensor cleaning system for a vehicle is disclosed that includes a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly may include a fluid-dispensing nozzle for a vehicle sensor, a housing within a body of a vehicle, and a driving member which can move the nozzle between a stowed position within the housing and a deployed position.
Claims10
An assembly, comprising:
- a housing having a cavity sized for a sensor, the housing comprising an opening at a first end, and a housing base having a drain at an opposite end;
- a nozzle coupled to a top of the sensor;
- a sensor mount;
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- a driving member coupled to the mount to move the mount, through the opening, between a stowed position and a deployed position.
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