ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,865, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Sensor assembly with cleaning" was invented by Michael Robertson Jr. (Garden City, Mich.), Tyler D. Hamilton (Farmington, Mich.) and Venkatesh Krishnan (Canton, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor assembly includes a bracket, a blower mounted to the bracket and supported by the bracket, and a sensor mounted to the bracket and supported by the bracket. The sensor includes a sensor window. The bracket is a single piece. The bracket includes a duct positioned to receive airflow directly from the blower. The duct includes a duct outlet posi...