Sensor assembly

- Waymo LLC
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top, front, right 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. The broken lines immediately adjacent to the shaded area define the boundaries of the claimed design and form no part thereof.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D1143991
Type: Grant
Filed: May 10, 2024
Date of Patent: Aug 25, 2026
Assignee: Waymo LLC (Mountain View, CA)
Inventors: Jared Gross (Belmont, CA), Toshihiro Fujimura (San Francisco, CA), Jinseok Hwang (Mountain View, CA), Chun Chen (Castro Valley, CA), Zhaokun Wang (Mountain View, CA), Brett Kurpiewski (Mountain View, CA)
Primary Examiner: Sandra Snapp
Assistant Examiner: Antoinette Martine Suiter
Application Number: 29/941,666
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Linear Or Distance (9) (D10/70)