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; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines depict portions of the sensor assembly 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: D1132167
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 20, 2024
Date of Patent: Jun 30, 2026
Assignee: Waymo LLC (Mountain View, CA)
Inventors: Jinseok Hwang (Mountain View, CA), Brett Kurpiewski (Mountain View, CA), Toshihiro Fujimura (San Francisco, CA), Jared Gross (Belmont, CA), Zhaokun Wang (Mountain View, CA), Chun Chen (Castro Valley, CA)
Primary Examiner: Sandra Snapp
Assistant Examiner: Antoinette Martine Suiter
Application Number: 29/979,876
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Linear Or Distance (9) (D10/70)