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US 9,753,053 B2Granted
Wind velocity sensor for a vehicle
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorChristopher M. Masucci
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Abstract
A wind velocity sensor comprises a lower platform and an upper platform. Pillars are positioned or connected between the upper platform and the lower platform. Ultrasonic sensors are secured to corresponding ones of the pillars. A lower guard member extends outwardly from a reference ultrasonic sensor by a radial distance greater than a radial separation between any pair of the ultrasonic sensors.
Claims17
A wind velocity sensor comprising:
- a lower platform;
- an upper platform;
- a plurality of pillars between and connected to the upper platform and the lower platform;
- a plurality of ultrasonic sensors secured to corresponding ones of the pillars;
- a lower guard member extending outwardly from one of the ultrasonic sensors by a radial distance greater than a radial separation between any pair of the ultrasonic sensors.
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A wind sensor comprising:
- a lower platform;
- an upper platform;
- a plurality of pillars between the upper platform and the lower platform;
- a plurality of ultrasonic sensors secured to corresponding ones of the pillars, each ultrasonic sensor having sensor terminals;
- a lower guard member extending outwardly from one of the ultrasonic sensors by a radial distance greater than a radial separation between any pair of the ultrasonic sensors;
- wherein the lower platform comprises an electronics enclosure that encloses the following:
- a multiplexer coupled to the sensor terminals;
- a driver coupled to the sensor terminals;
- an analog-to-digital converter receiving signals from one or more of the ultrasonic sensors via the multiplexer;
- a data processor for processing the received signals to provide an estimate of the wind velocity vector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.