US 12,140,705 B2
Rotating sensor assembly
Rashaun Phinisee, Ypsilanti, MI (US); Raghuraman Surineedi, Dearborn, MI (US); Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US); Michael Robertson, Jr., Garden City, MI (US); Tyler D. Hamilton, Farmington, MI (US); and Segundo Baldovino, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/178,381.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/127,446, filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0196807 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01)
CPC G01S 7/4817 (2013.01) [G01S 17/931 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor assembly, comprising:
a base;
a sensor housing mounted to the base and rotatable relative to the base about an axis, the sensor housing including a top panel spaced from the base along the axis and having an exterior surface and a sensor window disposed between the base and the top panel;
a plurality of fins disposed on the exterior surface and fixed relative to the sensor housing, the fins extending radially outward relative to the axis and configured to direct fluid off of the exterior surface; and
a gutter fixed relative to the sensor housing and configured to direct the fluid away from the sensor window.