US Patent Issued to Orchard Robotics on Aug. 11 for "Air veil system for sensor housing" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,711, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Orchard Robotics Inc. (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"Air veil system for sensor housing" was invented by Charles Hugh Wu (Sterling, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air veil system includes a housing containing a sensor, and a manifold mounted to the housing. The manifold defines an air outlet as a continuous loop surrounding the sensor. The air outlet is configured to receive a supply of pressurized air from an air source and generate an airflow that extends outward from the continuous loop in front of the housing, the airflow creating an air veil surrounding the sensor. The air veil extends outward fr...