ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,503, issued on June 2, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Vehicle sensor cleaning system with laminar flow" was invented by Carlos Francisco Maciel Castellanos (Pittsburgh) and Pablo Arturo Zuniga Perez (Pittsburgh).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for cleaning one or more sensors of a self-driving system (SDS). For example, the SDS is provided with a sensor with a lens that is formed with a convex outer surface. A nozzle is formed with an opening to provide a liquid in a stream at a fan angle relative to a spray axis. The nozzle i...