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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Lorne Forsythe, Novi, MI (US);
Lars Niklas Pettersson, Novi, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Michael Robertson, Jr., Garden City, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/56 (2006.01); B60S 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/56 (2013.01); B60S 1/0848 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor-cleaning system includes a sensor of a vehicle, an electrode, and a computer communicatively coupled to the electrode. The sensor includes a lens. The electrode is positioned to draw dust from the lens when the electrode is energized. The computer is programmed to energize the electrode in response to the vehicle moving and deenergize the electrode in response to the vehicle being stationary.