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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Canton, MI (US);
David James Tippy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Steven Yellin Schondorf, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/56 (2006.01); B08B 3/04 (2006.01); B60S 1/08 (2006.01); B60S 1/48 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); B08B 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/566 (2013.01); B08B 1/005 (2013.01); B08B 3/04 (2013.01); B60S 1/0803 (2013.01); B60S 1/481 (2013.01); B60S 1/482 (2013.01); G02B 27/0006 (2013.01); H04N 5/2251 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); H04N 5/22521 (2018.08); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for cleaning a rear view vehicle camera. An example vehicle camera cleaning system includes a camera, a blade for cleaning a lens of the camera, a fluid reservoir for dispensing fluid using gravity via a one-directional gateway valve, and an actuator for moving the blade vertically across the lens, wherein the fluid reservoir dispenses fluid responsive to actuation of the blade.