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Patent No.:

US 12038506 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2020

Sensor apparatus with cleaning

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Andre Sykula, Sterling Heights, MI (US);

Michael Robertson, Jr., Garden City, MI (US);

James Pizzimenti, Carleton, MI (US);

William Ethan-Alexander McClure, Clawson, MI (US);

Inderpal Singh, Lasalle/Ontario, CA;

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Frank A. MacKenzie

Bejin Bieneman PLC

Primary Examiner:

Cristi J Tate-Sims

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/02 (2006.01); B08B 13/00 (2006.01); B60S 1/52 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G01S 7/02 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/10 (2013.01); B08B 3/02 (2013.01); B08B 13/00 (2013.01); B60S 1/52 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G01S 7/027 (2021.05); G01S 7/4814 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); G01S 2007/4977 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9323 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93273 (2020.01);
Abstract

A sensor apparatus includes a base, a nozzle positioned in the base and rotatable relative to the base, an extension arm elongated from a first portion to a second portion, and a fluid source fluidly connected to the nozzle. The first portion is fixed to the nozzle, and the second portion is spaced from the nozzle. Pressurizing the fluid source applies force to the second portion of the extension arm.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Sykula, Andre. (2024). Sensor apparatus with cleaning (U.S. Patent No. 12038506). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12038506

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