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 immediately adjacent to the shaded area define the bounds of the claimed design and form no part thereof. The broken lines depict unclaimed portions of the sensor assembly.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D1143992
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), Chun Chen (Castro Valley, CA), Jinseok Hwang (Mountain View, CA), Zhaokun Wang (Mountain View, CA)
Primary Examiner: Sandra Snapp
Assistant Examiner: Antoinette Martine Suiter
Application Number: 29/941,673
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Linear Or Distance (9) (D10/70)