Sensor assembly

- Waymo LLC
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top, front, left perspective view of the claimed design for a sensor assembly;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a top, rear, right perspective view thereof.

The broken lines showing the remainder of the sensor assembly depict environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a sensor assembly as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D1104788
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 17, 2024
Date of Patent: Dec 9, 2025
Assignee: Waymo LLC (Mountain View, CA)
Inventors: YooJung Ahn (Mountain View, CA), Jerry Chen (Castro Valley, CA), Toshihiro Fujimura (San Francisco, CA), Jinseok Hwang (Mountain View, CA), Joshua Newby (San Francisco, CA), Zhaokun Wang (Mountain View, CA)
Primary Examiner: Antoine Duval Davis
Application Number: 29/947,649