ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,200, issued on July 1, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Vehicle assembly for sensor cleaning" was invented by Venkatesh Krishnan (Canton, Mich.), Rashaun Phinisee (Ypsilanti, Mich.) and Segundo Baldovino (Novi, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle assembly includes a housing, a manifold, a plurality of valves, and a cover. The housing includes a panel, and the panel includes a channel integral to the panel. The manifold is disposed in the channel, and the manifold includes a plurality of outlets. The valves are attached to the manifold, and the valves selectively control flow to the outlets. T...