Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Assembly for sensor cleaning with solenoid
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Application No.: US17214352Application Date: 2021-03-26
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Publication No.: US11767929B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Segundo Baldovino , Ashwin Arunmozhi , Venkatesh Krishnan , Charles Prain , Michael Whitney , William S. Smith , Theophile Jullien , Denis Thebault , Jean Baptiste Lahilaire
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC , Valeo North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC,Valeo North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC,Valeo North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn; US MI Auburn Hills
- Agency: Bejin Bieneman PLC
- Agent Frank A. MacKenzie
- Main IPC: F16K37/00
- IPC: F16K37/00 ; G01L1/22 ; B60S1/56 ; G01L5/1627 ; F16K31/06 ; G01L5/00 ; G01S7/497

Abstract:
An assembly includes an inlet tube. The assembly includes a first outlet tube. The assembly includes a solenoid assembly having a plunger movable between an open position in which fluid is permitted to flow from the inlet tube to the outlet tube and a closed position in which fluid is inhibited from flowing from the inlet tube to the outlet tube. The solenoid assembly has a spring urging the plunger to the closed position. The solenoid assembly has a strain gage fixed to the spring. A strain detected by the strain gage indicates whether the plunger is at the closed position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220307622A1 ASSEMBLY FOR SENSOR CLEANING WITH SOLENOID Public/Granted day:2022-09-29
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