US Patent Issued to ENTEGRIS on Sept. 9 for "Optical sensor window cleaner" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,075, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ENTEGRIS INC. (Billerica, Mass.).

"Optical sensor window cleaner" was invented by Tracy Gast (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor assembly includes a passageway for a process fluid, an optical window, an optical sensor, and a nozzle. The optical sensor configured to detect an optical property of the process fluid. The optical window includes an inner surface. The nozzle configured discharge an atomized fluid in a discharge direction that intersects the inner surface of the optical window. A sensor system includes a sensor assembly and conduits for supplying a gas and a ...