ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,476, issued on July 28, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"Watertight housing designs for ultrasonic lens cleaning" was invented by David P. Magee (Allen, Texas) and Hailong Chen (Richardson, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatus, systems are described in conjunction with a watertight housing designed for ultrasonic lens cleaning. An example apparatus includes a transducer having a surface and an opening; a bracket having a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, and an opening, the first surface of the bracket coupled to the surface of the transducer, the opening of the bracket aligned with...