US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Feb. 25 for "Vehicle sensor cleaning device that provides air and liquid cleaning streams and vehicle sensor system" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,822, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle sensor cleaning device that provides air and liquid cleaning streams and vehicle sensor system" was invented by Carlos Francisco Maciel Castellanos (Pittsburgh) and Pablo Arturo Zuniga Perez (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning device for a vehicle sensor includes: a housing having an open first end, an open second end, and a passageway extending between the open first end and the open second end; and at least one nozzle at least partially positioned within the passageway of the housing. The at least one nozzle includes a...