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US 11,597,354 B2Granted
Sensor heating
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSegundo Baldovino, Prashant Dubey, Venkatesh Krishnan, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam
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Abstract
An apparatus includes an exterior surface including an aperture, a sensor defining a field of view oriented through the aperture, a nozzle shell on the exterior surface and including a nozzle panel facing the aperture, and a heating element disposed in or on the nozzle panel. The nozzle panel includes a nozzle.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an exterior surface including an aperture;
- a sensor defining a field of view oriented through the aperture;
- a nozzle shell on the exterior surface and including a nozzle panel, including a nozzle, facing the aperture;
- a heating element disposed in or on the nozzle panel;
- and
- a thermoelectric cooler thermally coupled to the heating element.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an exterior surface including an aperture;
- a sensor defining a field of view oriented through the aperture;
- a nozzle shell on the exterior surface and including a nozzle panel, including a nozzle, facing the aperture;
- and
- a heating element disposed in or on the nozzle panel, wherein the heating element is a thin film.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an exterior surface including an aperture;
- a sensor defining a field of view oriented through the aperture;
- a nozzle shell on the exterior surface and including a nozzle panel, including a nozzle, facing the aperture;
- and
- a heating element disposed in or on the nozzle panel;
- wherein the controller is programmed to activate the voltage source for a preset time in response to receiving data indicating at least one of a presence of ice or that ambient temperature is below a temperature threshold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.