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: D1141970
Type: Grant
Filed: May 10, 2024
Date of Patent: Aug 18, 2026
Assignee: Waymo LLC (Mountain View, CA)
Inventors: Jared Gross (Belmont, CA), Toshihiro Fujimura (San Francisco, CA), Chun Chen (Castro Valley, CA), Zhaokun Wang (Mountain View, CA), Jinseok Hwang (Mountain View, CA)
Primary Examiner: Sandra Snapp
Assistant Examiner: Antoinette Martine Suiter
Application Number: 29/941,662
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Linear Or Distance (9) (D10/70)