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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Valeo North America, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Andre Sykula, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Segundo Baldovino, Novi, MI (US);
Steven Marshall, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Michael Whitney, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Valeo North America, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a sensor lens defining an axis, a first nozzle and a second nozzle positioned a same perpendicular direction from the axis and spaced along a direction parallel to the axis, and an air source fluidly connected to the nozzles. The nozzles are oriented to emit respective airstreams intersecting the axis and directed apart at an acute angle.