Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle object-detection sensor system
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Application No.: US15861612Application Date: 2018-01-03
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Publication No.: US10969478B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Dhaval P. Vaishnav , Yi-Hsin Yen , Syed K. Ali , Andre Sykula , Venkatesh Krishnan
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Bejin Bieneman PLC
- Agent Frank A. MacKenzie
- Main IPC: G01S7/497
- IPC: G01S7/497 ; G01S7/481 ; G01S17/04 ; G01S17/86 ; G01S17/931 ; H04N7/18 ; G01S13/931

Abstract:
A system includes a base having a sensor opening. An object-detection sensor is aligned with the sensor opening. A motor and a guide are each supported by the base and are spaced from each other. A continuous band is flexible relative to and engaged with the motor and the guide. At least a portion of the continuous band is transparent and extends between the sensor and the sensor opening. If a contaminant, e.g., dirt, water, snow, etc., is on the continuous band at the sensor opening, the motor moves the continuous band to locate a clean section of the continuous band at the opening.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190204426A1 VEHICLE OBJECT-DETECTION SENSOR SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2019-07-04
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