US 12,461,204 B2
Sensor assembly
Michael Robertson, Jr., Garden City, MI (US); Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US); Rashaun Phinisee, Ypsilanti, 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 Oct. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/505,687.
Prior Publication US 2023/0124645 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G01S 7/481 (2006.01); B60S 1/56 (2006.01); G01D 11/26 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01)
CPC G01S 7/4813 (2013.01) [B60S 1/56 (2013.01); G01D 11/26 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor assembly, comprising:
a housing defining a chamber;
a sensor unit supported by the housing and extending vertically upward along an axis from the housing, the sensor unit including a base and a sensor housing mounted to the base and rotatable relative to the base about the axis;
the sensor unit including a sensor, the sensor housing extending circumferentially around the sensor and defining a sensor chamber therebetween;
a blower box supported by the housing in the chamber, the blower box defining a blower chamber in fluid communication with the sensor chamber;
a blower disposed in the blower box; and
a bracket supported by the blower box in the chamber and extending partially circumferentially about the axis, wherein the bracket includes a top and a bottom spaced from each other along the axis, the bottom being sealed to the blower box and the top being adjacent the sensor housing.