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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Oswaldo Perez Barrera, Texcoco, MX;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64D 1/18 (2006.01); B60S 3/04 (2006.01); B05B 13/00 (2006.01); B60S 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 1/18 (2013.01); B05B 13/005 (2013.01); B60S 3/04 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B60S 3/002 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes an unmanned aerial vehicle including a chassis, a tank attached to the chassis, a sprayer fluidly connected to the tank, a heating element attached to the chassis, a fan drawing air over the heating element, and a clamp attached to the chassis; and a computer in communication with the unmanned aerial vehicle and programmed to instruct the clamp to attach to an external sensor of a vehicle, instruct the sprayer to spray water and detergent onto the external sensor, and instruct the fan to blow heated air at the external sensor.