ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,781, issued on May 27, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Sensor assembly with fluid management seal" was invented by Michael Robertson Jr. (Garden City, Mich.), Venkatesh Krishnan (Canton, Mich.) and Rashaun Phinisee (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor assembly includes a base, a sensor mounted to the base, a housing mounted to the base, and a seal extending around the base. The seal is compressed between the base and the housing. The seal includes a notch sized to permit fluid to exit from a space enclosed by the base and the housing."

The patent was filed on Dec. 15, 2022, under...