US Patent Issued to ZF CV Systems Global on Sept. 23 for "Multi-channel cleaning apparatus, multi-channel sensor-cleaning module, and vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,745, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Global GmbH (Bern, Switzerland).

"Multi-channel cleaning apparatus, multi-channel sensor-cleaning module, and vehicle" was invented by Janik Ricke (Uetze, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-channel cleaning apparatus is disclosed for a vehicle to provide a liquid cleaning pulse and/or a compressed-air cleaning pulse for at least two cleaning nozzles. The multi-channel cleaning apparatus includes a module compressed-air port for admitting compressed air and a module liquid port for admitting cleaning liquid. At least two nozzle branches are provided wherein one nozzle...