Sensor assembly and method of installing to a vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMichael Robertson, Jr., Tyler D. Hamilton, Kunal Chaudhari, Venkatesh Krishnan
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Abstract
An assembly for mounting a sensor to a vehicle includes a base, a sensor bracket, and a tolerance compensator between the base and the sensor bracket. The tolerance compensator is threadedly coupled to the base and releasably engaged with the sensor bracket in an assembled position. The assembly includes a washer including a hub fixed relative to the base and a plurality of tabs arranged circumferentially around the hub and extending radially relative to the hub. One of the tabs is moveable into engagement with the tolerance compensator in the assembled position.
Claims18
An assembly comprising:
- a base;
- a sensor bracket;
- a tolerance compensator between the base and the sensor bracket, the tolerance compensator being threadedly coupled to the base and releasably engaged with the sensor bracket in an assembled position;
- and
- a washer including a hub fixed relative to the base and a plurality of tabs arranged circumferentially around the hub and extending radially relative to the hub;
- one of the tabs being moveable into engagement with the tolerance compensator and the sensor bracket in the assembled position.
A method of installing a sensor bracket to a base, the method comprising:
- threadedly coupling a tolerance compensator to the base;
- releasably engaging the sensor bracket to the tolerance compensator;
- fixing a hub of a washer relative to the base, the washer including a plurality of tabs arranged circumferentially around the hub and extending radially relative to the hub;
- and
- after threadedly coupling the tolerance compensator to the base, moving one of the tabs into engagement with the tolerance compensator and the sensor bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.