US 12,030,463 B2
Sensor assembly with cleaning
Michael Robertson, Jr., Garden City, MI (US); Rashaun Phinisee, Ypsilanti, MI (US); Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US); Anthony Michael Regalbuto, Highland, MI (US); and Kunal Chaudhari, Westland, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/517,883.
Prior Publication US 2023/0135748 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. B60S 1/54 (2006.01); B60S 1/56 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01)
CPC B60S 1/56 (2013.01) [B60S 1/54 (2013.01); G02B 27/0006 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor assembly comprising:
a sensor including a sensor lens, the sensor lens defining an axis;
a housing panel including an aperture centered on the axis, the sensor lens being recessed from the aperture along the axis; and
an air nozzle positioned between the aperture and the sensor lens along the axis and oriented to blow horizontally across the sensor lens;
the aperture and the sensor lens defining a gap positioned on an opposite lateral side of the sensor lens from the air nozzle.