US 12,235,357 B2
Sensor assembly with concave surface
Raghuraman Surineedi, Dearborn, MI (US); Segundo Baldovino, Novi, MI (US); and Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/223,039.
Prior Publication US 2022/0317297 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 17/08 (2006.01); B60S 1/54 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 17/08 (2013.01) [B60S 1/54 (2013.01); G01S 7/4813 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor assembly comprising:
a housing mountable to a vehicle; and
a sensor mounted to the housing on top of the housing;
the housing including a front panel;
the front panel including a front surface on an exterior of the housing;
the front surface being concave along a vertical axis and concave along a lateral horizontal axis orthogonal to the vertical axis; and
the front surface being wider than the sensor along the lateral horizontal axis;
the front surface including an outer edge;
the front surface including a rearmost point along a longitudinal horizontal axis orthogonal to the lateral horizontal axis and to the vertical axis;
the rearmost point of the front surface being spaced from the outer edge of the front surface;
the outer edge of the front surface including a leftmost point and a rightmost point along the lateral horizontal axis;
the leftmost and rightmost points being forward of the rearmost point along the longitudinal horizontal axis; and
the front surface smoothly curving from the rearmost point to the leftmost point and from the rearmost point to the rightmost point.