G01S 7/4043
Including means to prevent or remove the obstruction
Official title: {including means to prevent or remove the obstruction}
G01S7/4043 (Including means to prevent or remove the obstruction) appears on 125 US grants and 199 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 125
- Published applications
- 199
- Assignees
- 87
- Inventors
- 458
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2018 | 0 | 16 |
| 2019 | 8 | 6 |
| 2020 | 9 | 22 |
| 2021 | 18 | 24 |
| 2022 | 15 | 32 |
| 2023 | 21 | 34 |
| 2024 | 14 | 27 |
| 2025 | 28 | 18 |
| 2026 | 11 | 13 |
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Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Anti fog housing for automotive sensor18 Aug 2026US 12,713,117 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Sensor cleaning control device and method based on recognition of surrounding objects around a vehicle16 Jun 2026US 12,654,654 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Radar device16 Jun 2026US 12,656,455 B2Denso Corporation
- Sensor unit26 May 2026US 12,638,548 B2Denso Corporation
- Sensor cleaning system and fuel cell vehicle including the same19 May 2026US 12,630,119 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Method and Control Device for Operating a Heating Device and Correspondingly Configured Motor Vehicle16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202513 A1Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Radio Wave Transmissivity of Printed Heaters2 Jul 2026US 2026/0186113 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Radome25 Jun 2026US 2026/0180159 A1Sankei Giken Kogyo Co., Ltd.
- Methods and Systems for Estimating the Sensitivity of Vehicle Sensors18 Jun 2026US 2026/0169124 A1Waymo LLC
- Electromagnetic wave transmissive cover4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153599 A1Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for adaptive vehicle control in autonomous vehicles47US 10,586,254 B2NIO USA, Inc. · 2020
- Radar apparatus20US 6,348,889 B1Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2002
- Vehicle autonomy level selection based on user context19US 10,410,250 B2NIO USA, Inc. · 2019
- Autonomy first route optimization for autonomous vehicles16US 10,970,746 B2NIO USA, Inc. · 2021
- Wiper timing and geometry to minimize sensor occlusion14US 10,589,726 B1Waymo LLC · 2020