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Patent No.:

US 11400477 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2018

Reversible nozzle in ultrasonic atomizer for clog prevention

Applicant:

Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Wanjiao Liu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Kevin Richard John Ellwood, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Mark Edward Nichols, Saline, MI (US);

Christopher Michael Seubert, New Hudson, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorney:

Burris Law, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Steven M Cernoch

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B 17/00 (2006.01); B05B 13/04 (2006.01); B05B 17/06 (2006.01); B05B 3/14 (2006.01); B05B 3/02 (2006.01); B05B 15/628 (2018.01); B05B 12/36 (2018.01); B05B 15/625 (2018.01); B05B 12/16 (2018.01); B05B 7/14 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B05B 12/00 (2018.01); B05B 15/68 (2018.01); B05B 1/26 (2006.01); B05D 1/02 (2006.01); B05B 15/00 (2018.01); B05D 1/12 (2006.01); B05D 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B 17/0646 (2013.01); B05B 1/262 (2013.01); B05B 3/02 (2013.01); B05B 3/14 (2013.01); B05B 7/1481 (2013.01); B05B 12/00 (2013.01); B05B 12/16 (2018.02); B05B 12/36 (2018.02); B05B 13/0431 (2013.01); B05B 13/0452 (2013.01); B05B 15/00 (2013.01); B05B 15/625 (2018.02); B05B 15/628 (2018.02); B05B 15/68 (2018.02); B05B 17/06 (2013.01); B05B 17/063 (2013.01); B05B 17/0653 (2013.01); B05B 17/0669 (2013.01); B05D 1/02 (2013.01); B05D 1/12 (2013.01); B05D 3/067 (2013.01); B25J 11/0075 (2013.01);
Abstract

A nozzle for an atomizer includes a plate, a piezoelectric actuator, a body, and a connector. The plate defines an aperture. The actuator is configured to oscillate the plate. The body supports the plate. The connector is configured to reversibly mount the body to the atomizer in a first orientation and in a second orientation. In the first orientation, fluid exits the nozzle along a first axial direction through the aperture. In the second orientation, fluid exits the nozzle along an opposite axial direction through the aperture.

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