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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Segundo Baldovino, Novi, MI (US);
Michael Robertson, Jr., Garden City, MI (US);
Fabio Ferreira, Hortolandia, BR;
Henrico Quinelato, Pituaçu, BR;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Upon determining an autonomous mode for a vehicle is activated, a motor is actuated to move a wiper across a windshield in a low mode based on determining to clean the windshield. A blower is actuated to direct air across a sensor. Then, after expiration of a first timer, a pump is actuated according to a pressure threshold to direct fluid through a fluid nozzle and across the windshield towards the sensor. The pressure threshold specifies a fluid pressure less than a maximum fluid pressure for the pump. The pump is stopped after expiration of a second timer.