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US 12,504,514 B2Granted
Sensor assembly with cleaning
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsVenkatesh Krishnan, Michael Robertson, Jr., Tony Misovski, Rashaun Phinisee, Segundo Baldovino, Vahan Kazandjian
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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.
Claims21
A sensor assembly comprising:
- a housing including an outlet;
- a sensing device including a sensor window, the sensor window fixed relative to the housing, the outlet being aimed across the sensor window;
- a flap rotatably coupled to the housing at the outlet, the flap being rotatable between an open position angled away from the outlet and a closed position extending across the outlet;
- and
- a base;
- wherein the housing includes a cylindrical panel;
- the sensor window is recessed from the cylindrical panel;
- and
- the housing is rotatably coupled to the base to rotate about an axis defined by the cylindrical panel.
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A sensor assembly comprising:
- a housing including an outlet;
- a sensing device including a sensor window, the sensor window fixed relative to the housing, the outlet being aimed across the sensor window;
- and
- a plurality of flaps, the flaps each being rotatably coupled to the housing at the outlet, the flaps each being rotatable between an open position angled away from the outlet and a closed position extending across the outlet;
- wherein the outlet is elongated parallel to the sensor window alongside the sensor window in a direction of elongation;
- the flaps in the closed position each extending across the outlet in a direction perpendicular to the direction of elongation.
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A sensor assembly comprising:
- a housing including an outlet;
- a sensing device including a sensor window, the sensor window fixed relative to the housing, the outlet being aimed across the sensor window;
- a flap rotatably coupled to the housing at the outlet, the flap being rotatable between an open position angled away from the outlet and a closed position extending across the outlet;
- and
- a member;
- wherein the housing includes a cylindrical panel;
- the sensor window is recessed from the cylindrical panel;
- the housing includes a recess panel extending radially inward from the cylindrical panel toward the sensor window;
- the recess panel includes the outlet;
- the member is fixed to the recess panel and positioned to block the flap from opening farther from the outlet than the open position;
- and
- the flap in the open position is inside an outer radius of the cylindrical panel.
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A sensor assembly comprising:
- a housing including an outlet;
- a sensing device including a sensor window, the sensor window fixed relative to the housing, the outlet being aimed across the sensor window;
- and
- a flap rotatably coupled to the housing at the outlet, the flap being rotatable between an open position angled away from the outlet and a closed position extending across the outlet;
- wherein the housing includes a cylindrical panel;
- the sensor window is recessed from the cylindrical panel;
- the housing includes a first recess panel extending radially inward from the cylindrical panel toward the sensor window;
- the first recess panel includes the outlet;
- the housing includes a second recess panel extending radially inward from the cylindrical panel toward the sensor window;
- and
- the second recess panel is positioned on an opposite side of the sensor window than the first recess panel.
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