US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on July 22 for "Acoustic duster" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,014, issued on July 22, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Acoustic duster" was invented by Ahmed Mohammed AlTunisi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-cleaning sensor guard is provided. The guard may comprise an acoustic duster housing, a dust guard, a proximity sensor, a phase-enabled controller, and an ultrasonic cleaning source. The dust guard may be positioned to impede passage of ambient particulates into the acoustic duster housing. The proximity sensor may be positioned to generate a dust detection signal that is indicative of the presence of particulates on the dust guard...