Fender sensor housing

- Waymo LLC
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Description

The present application is related to application Ser. No. 29/602,101 filed Apr. 28, 2017, entitled Roof Sensor Housing, now U.S. Design Pat. No. D835,028 issued Dec. 4, 2018; to application Ser. No. 29/602,110 filed Apr. 28, 2017, entitled Rear Sensor Housing, now U.S. Design Pat. No. D825,357 issued Aug. 14, 2018; to application Ser. No. 29/602,112 filed Apr. 28, 2017, entitled Front Sensor Housing, now U.S. Design Pat. No. D834,971 issued Dec. 4, 2018, and to application Ser. No. 29/656,372 filed Jul. 12, 2018, entitled Rear Sensor Housing, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated by reference herein.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a fender sensor housing according to our design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a back elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a front perspective view of a pair of Fender Sensor Housings positioned on a first exemplary vehicle; and,

FIG. 9 is a front perspective view of a pair of Fender Sensor Housings positioned on a second exemplary vehicle.

The broken lines shown in FIGS. 1-7 illustrate portions of the fender sensor housing that form no part of the claimed design. The broken lines shown in FIGS. 8-9 illustrate the same portions of the fender sensor housing shown in FIGS. 1-7, but also include environmental subject matter. Neither the portions of the Housing nor the environmental subject matter in FIGS. 8-9 form any part of the claimed design.

FIGS. 1-7 illustrate the fender sensor housing for use on a first side of a vehicle in a first embodiment. A second embodiment of the fender sensor housing is a mirror image of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1-7. The second embodiment is arranged for use on a second, opposite side of the vehicle. These mirror image arrangements are presented in the exemplary perspective views of FIGS. 8 and 9.

The specific placement of the fender sensor housing in FIGS. 8-9 on the exemplary vehicles is for illustrative purposes only.

Claims

The ornamental design for a fender sensor housing, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D954620
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 28, 2019
Date of Patent: Jun 14, 2022
Assignee: Waymo LLC (Mountain View, CA)
Inventors: YooJung Ahn (Mountain View, CA), Joshua Newby (San Francisco, CA), Robert Veitch (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Manpreet S Matharu
Assistant Examiner: Suzanne E Tisdell
Application Number: 29/696,525
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Hood For Motor Vehicle (D12/173)