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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Valeo North America, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Andre Sykula, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Kunal Singh, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Raghuraman Surineedi, Dearborn, MI (US);
Yoann Dolle, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
William Terrasse, Issoire, FR;
Denis Thebault, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Veeramanikandan Gopal, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Gowtham Ilanthirayan, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Michael Whitney, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Valeo North America, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A sensor-cleaning apparatus includes an upper piece, a lower piece fixed to the upper piece, a plurality of inserts inserted into the upper piece, and a plurality of nozzles. The upper piece and the lower piece form a tubular segment that is elongated along an arc of a circle and encloses a chamber. Each nozzle is formed of the upper piece and one of the inserts. Each nozzle includes a deflection surface and a tunnel from the chamber to the deflection surface, and each tunnel is partially formed of the upper piece and partially formed of the respective insert.