US 12,345,822 B2
Sensor assembly with deflector
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US); Segundo Baldovino, Novi, MI (US); Rashaun Phinisee, Ypsilanti, MI (US); and Navvab Khajehosseini, Canton, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/557,292.
Prior Publication US 2023/0194725 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. G01S 17/931 (2020.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B62D 35/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/4865 (2020.01)
CPC G01S 17/931 (2020.01) [B62D 35/005 (2013.01); G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a windshield having a top edge;
a roof extending rearward from the top edge of the windshield;
a sensor assembly supported by the roof, the sensor assembly including at least one of a LIDAR sensor or a camera; and
a deflector movable from a lowered position to a raised position and supported by the roof at the top edge of the windshield forward of and spaced from the sensor assembly.