US Patent Issued to LG INNOTEK on Sept. 29 for "Systems and methods for thermal management of vehicle sensor devices" (Michigan, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,794, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Systems and methods for thermal management of vehicle sensor devices" was invented by Kenneth J. Jackson (Dearborn, Mich.) and Dustin Yautz (Wexford, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for cooling a sensor of a vehicle, the method including receiving temperature data corresponding to the sensor from a temperature monitor; and in response to determining that a current temperature of the sensor being greater than a first threshold temperature, initiating a cleaning cycle and directing cleaning fluid to the sensor."

The patent was filed on Nov...