US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on Jan. 27 for "Cleaning device, imaging unit including cleaning device, and cleaning method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,676, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Cleaning device, imaging unit including cleaning device, and cleaning method" was invented by Kenji Nishiyama (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Takaaki Mori (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning device includes a housing holding an imaging device, a protective cover located in a field of view of the imaging device, a vibrator to vibrate the protective cover, a piezoelectric driver to drive the vibrator, a cleaning liquid discharger to discharge, onto a surface of the protective cover, a cleaning liquid including an abrasive, and a sign...