Sensor housing with debris sloughing structure
US11835364B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 29, 2021 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S7/027
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An environmental sensor device with a sensor enclosure is configured for use in a gas environment. An enclosure support, at least one sensor on a face of the enclosure; and at least one debris sloughing structure is used. The debris sloughing structure is composed of a channel with a set of inner and outer ridges disposed in the enclosure around a periphery of the at least one sensor, wherein a top portion of the debris sloughing structure above the at least one sensor and lateral portions of the debris sloughing structure on lateral sides of the at least one sensor. A shape and arrangement of the debris sloughing structure carries condensate or contaminants forming on non-sensor areas of the enclosure away from the sensor and to a bottom portion of the enclosure.
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