ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,820, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Vehicle sensor assembly" was invented by Venkatesh Krishnan (Canton, Mich.), Rashaun Phinisee (Ypsilanti, Mich.), Kunal Singh (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Raghuraman Surineedi (Dearborn, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly includes a base. The assembly includes an object detection sensor. The assembly includes a deflector extending upward from the base in front of the object detection sensor. The deflector is configured to direct ram air away from the object detection sensor. The assembly includes a nozzle supported by the deflector...