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US 11,148,609 B2Granted
Sensor airflow apparatus
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMichael Robertson, Jr., Segundo Baldovino, Venkatesh Krishnan, Sunil Patil, Raghuraman Surineedi
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a housing defining a chamber and including a panel including at least one aperture, at least one sensor fixed inside the chamber and having a field of view through a lens and the aperture, at least one annular disc attached to the sensor concentrically around the lens and including a radially outer edge contactlessly exposed to the chamber, and at least three vanes extending from the disc to the panel and arranged radially asymmetrically around the disc.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a housing defining a chamber and including a panel including an aperture;
- a sensor fixed inside the chamber and having a field of view through a lens and the aperture;
- an annular disc attached to the sensor concentrically around the lens and including a radially outer edge contactlessly exposed to the chamber;
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- at least three vanes extending from the disc to the panel and arranged radially asymmetrically around the disc, the vanes positioned to direct airflow from the chamber across the lens.
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