US 12,078,753 B2
Sensor-drainage apparatus
Segundo Baldovino, Novi, MI (US); Rashaun Phinisee, Ypsilanti, MI (US); Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US); and Matthew Rhodes, Southfield, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/988,956.
Prior Publication US 2022/0043120 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01)
CPC G01S 7/4813 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0088 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor apparatus comprising:
a cylindrical sensor window defining an axis oriented vertically; and
a sensor-housing cap mounted on the sensor window;
wherein the sensor-housing cap includes a top surface and a wall;
the axis intersects the top surface;
the wall extends upward from the top surface and is elongated circumferentially partially around the top surface; and
the top surface includes a plurality of ridges elongated from the wall, the ridges being elongated parallel to each other along a horizontal direction.