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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jay Z. Chen, Sylvania, OH (US);
Nicholas Andrew Mazzocchi, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Jeffrey William Demunnik, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Clay Wesley Maranville, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
John Wayne Jaranson, Dearborn, MI (US);
Pramita Mitra, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A sanitization apparatus of a vehicle includes (i) surfaces defining a chamber configured to accept an object to be sterilized with ultraviolet light and (ii) a first light emitting diode (LED) including a die that is configured to emit ultraviolet light. The die has a primary surface that defines a plane that extends through the chamber. The sanitization apparatus further includes a first reflective surface that is reflective of ultraviolet light disposed adjacent to the first LED. At least a portion of the ultraviolet light that the die emits reflects off of the first reflective surface and into the chamber. The first reflective surface defines a plane that intersects with the plane that the primary surface of the die defines.