IP Library Granted Patent US 11,099,039
Granted Patent B2
US 11,099,039 · App. 16/553,597 · Granted Aug 24, 2021

Sensor assembly

Inventors: Venkatesh Krishnan (Canton, MI); Rashaun Phinisee (Ypsilanti Township, MI); Manan Sevak (Southfield, MI); James Pizzimenti (Carleton, MI)
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
G01D11/245G01D11/26G01D11/30G01L19/14G01S7/02G01S7/027G01S7/4813H04N5/2252
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Patent No.
US 11,099,039
App. No.
16/553,597
Granted
Aug 24, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An assembly includes a base having an inlet and an outlet. The assembly includes a deflector supported by the base rearward of the inlet. The assembly includes a sensor supported by the base and in fluid communication with the outlet. The base defines a channel extending between a first end and a second end, the inlet at the first end and the deflector at the second end. The outlet is forward of the deflector and outside the channel.

Claims (29)

1. An assembly, comprising:

a base having an inlet and an outlet;

a deflector supported by the base rearward of the inlet, the deflector removable from the base;

a sensor supported by the base and in fluid communication with the outlet;

the base defining a channel extending between a first end and a second end, the inlet at the first end and the deflector at the second end; and

the outlet forward of the deflector and outside the channel.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the base includes an exhaust at the second end of the channel.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a housing supported by the base and having a vent in fluid communication with the outlet.

4. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein the sensor is between the outlet and the vent.

5. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein the housing includes an outer shell and a support ring inside the outer shell, the sensor supported by the support ring.

6. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein the vent faces the sensor.

7. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a blower supported by the base and in fluid communication with the outlet.

8. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a seal extending about a perimeter of the base.

9. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the base includes a leg, the channel defined by the leg.

10. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a housing supported by the base, the housing having a bottom extending beyond a top of the base.

11. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein the bottom of the housing defines a drain hole spaced from the base.

12. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the base defines a chamber having a rear opening, the outlet in the chamber.

13. A vehicle, comprising:

a body panel;

a base supported by the body panel having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet facing a vehicle-forward direction;

a deflector supported by the base rearward of the inlet;

a sensor supported by the base and in fluid communication with the outlet;

the base and the body panel of the vehicle defining a channel extending from the inlet to the deflector; and

the outlet forward of the deflector and outside the channel.

14. The vehicle of claim 13 , further comprising a seal abutting the body panel and defining the channel.

15. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the base includes an exhaust at a rear of the base.

16. The vehicle of claim 15 , wherein the exhaust is defined by the body panel and the base.

17. The vehicle of claim 13 , further comprising a housing supported by the base and having a vent in fluid communication with the outlet, the vent facing away from the vehicle-forward direction.

18. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the inlet is spaced from the body panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2019
From: KRISHNAN, VENKATESH; PHINISEE, RASHAUN; SEVAK, MANAN; PIZZIMENTI, JAMES
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 050199/0769 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210063210A1 · Mar 4, 2021
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