Sensor assembly
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Description
The broken lines immediately adjacent to the shaded area define the bounds of the claimed design and form no part 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: D1143993
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 20, 2024
Date of Patent: Aug 25, 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: Jonathan J Han
Assistant Examiner: Antoinette Martine Suiter
Application Number: 29/979,886
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 20, 2024
Date of Patent: Aug 25, 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: Jonathan J Han
Assistant Examiner: Antoinette Martine Suiter
Application Number: 29/979,886
Classifications
Current U.S. Class:
Linear Or Distance (9) (D10/70)