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US 12,704,600 B2Granted
Sensor assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMichael Robertson, Jr., Shiyamkumaran Neelakandan, Venkatesh Krishnan, Rashaun Phinisee
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Abstract
A sensor assembly includes a housing defining a chamber and a sensor positioned in the chamber. The housing includes a wall. The wall includes a recessed portion. The recessed portion includes a port. The sensor has a field of view extending through the port. The recessed portion includes an opening to the chamber, and the opening is spaced from the port in a first direction. The wall includes a vent to the chamber, and the vent is spaced from the recessed portion in the first direction.
Claims20
A sensor assembly comprising:
- a housing including a wall, the wall including a recessed portion, the recessed portion including a port, the housing defining a chamber;
- a sensor positioned in the chamber and having a field of view extending through the port;
- and
- a nozzle aimed at the sensor;
- wherein the recessed portion includes an opening to the chamber, the opening spaced from the port in a first direction;
- and
- wherein the wall includes a vent to the chamber, the vent spaced from the recessed portion in the first direction.
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A sensor assembly comprising:
- a housing including a wall, the wall including a recessed portion, the recessed portion including a port, the housing defining a chamber;
- and
- a sensor positioned in the chamber and having a field of view extending through the port;
- wherein the recessed portion includes an opening to the chamber, the opening spaced from the port in a first direction;
- wherein the wall includes a vent to the chamber, the vent spaced from the recessed portion in the first direction;
- wherein the recessed portion includes an outer edge circumscribing the recessed portion;
- and
- wherein the port is spaced from the outer edge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.