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US 2024/0198924 A1Published application
Sensor assembly including mounting bracket fused to vehicle body
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsVenkatesh Krishnan, Ingo Fromel, Carlos Arthur Franca, Rashaun Phinisee
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle body having an exterior surface. A sensor assembly has a mounting bracket and a sensor housing. The mounting bracket is on the exterior surface of the vehicle body and is fused to the exterior surface of the vehicle body. The sensor housing is releasably connected to the mounting bracket.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body having an exterior surface;
- a sensor assembly having a mounting bracket and a sensor housing;
- the mounting bracket being on the exterior surface of the vehicle body and fused to the exterior surface of the vehicle body;
- the sensor housing being releasably connected to the mounting bracket.
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A sensor assembly comprising:
- a mounting bracket having a bottom surface and an upturned flange extending upwardly from the bottom surface at an outer periphery of the bottom surface, the upturned flange defining a seal channel;
- the mounting bracket including a plurality of threaded holes;
- a sensor housing having a plurality of through-holes positioned to be aligned with the threaded holes;
- the sensor housing having a bottom lip positioned to extend endlessly around the mounting bracket when the through-holes are aligned with the threaded holes;
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- a seal fixed to the bottom lip extending along the bottom lip endlessly around the mounting bracket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.