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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2021
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Wanjiao Liu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Christopher Michael Seubert, New Hudson, MI (US);
Mark Edward Nichols, Saline, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An atomizer for applying a coating to a substrate includes a nozzle and at least one electrode. The nozzle defines a plurality of apertures. The nozzle includes a nozzle plate, a nozzle body, and an actuator. The nozzle plate defines the apertures. The nozzle body and an inner side of the nozzle plate define a reservoir in fluid communication with the first apertures. The actuator is configured to vibrate the nozzle plate to eject droplets of a liquid from the reservoir through the first apertures. The at least one electrode is configured to directly or indirectly electrostatically charge the droplets with a charge that repels the droplets from each other to reduce coalescence of the droplets before the droplets reach the substrate.