ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,467, issued on June 16, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).
"Cleaning mechanism for a sensor assembly" was invented by Arvind Pattabhiraman (Alameda, Calif.) and Rajith Jayaratne (Castro Valley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a sensor assembly and a cleaning mechanism for cleaning the sensor assembly. The sensor assembly has a sensor window and a sensor residing within or behind the sensor window. The sensor has a field of view (FoV) for sensing an environment of the vehicle. The FoV includes a first portion directed towards the vehicle and a second portion directed away from the vehicle for sen...