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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2019
Global Ip Holdings, Llc, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Michael John Keller, White Lake, MI (US);
Darius John Preisler, Macomb, MI (US);
GLOBAL IP HOLDINGS, LLC, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Abstract
An optical system to facilitate vehicle operation, a cleaning system to clean an optical element of the optical system and a hollow, protective plastic enclosure for use therein are provided. The cleaning system includes a flexible house having first and second ends, a nozzle fluidly coupled to the hose at the first end of the hose and a hollow protective plastic enclosure having a passageway extending through the enclosure and housing a portion of the hose within the passageway. The enclosure is configured to receive a camera assembly within an interior of the enclosure. The nozzle is configured and positioned at the first end of the hose to direct the flow of a cleaning fluid therethrough to an exterior surface of a transparent optical element to clean the exterior surface to allow the camera assembly to have an unobstructed view of an environment outside the vehicle.