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Granted Patent B2
US 12,235,387 · App. 17/692,615 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Sensor shield and method

Inventors: Caio Reis (Aurora, IL); Peter S. Wong (Naperville, IL)
Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
G01S7/4043G01S7/027G01S13/93
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Patent No.
US 12,235,387
App. No.
17/692,615
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sensor shield for protecting a sensor having an input surface on a vehicle with a controlling computer and on the vehicle, the sensor shield comprises a sensor-maintenance unit operatively attached to the sensor input surface. Shield implementation devices, each having a bottom surface, are oppositely disposed adjacent the sensor. A shield source is located adjacent the bottom surfaces of the shield implementation devices, and has a surface that covers the input surface of the sensor.

Claims (7)

1. A sensor shield for protecting a sensor of a vehicle, the sensor shield comprising:

at least one sensor-maintenance unit operatively attached to the input surface of the sensor;

a first shield implementation device having a first surface and a second surface and a second shield implementation device having a first surface and a second surface, the first shield implementation device and the second shield implementation device both either one of horizontally or vertically and oppositely disposed adjacent the sensor; and

a shield source located adjacent the second surface of both the first shield implementation device and the second shield implementation device, the shield source having a surface that covers the input surface of the sensor; wherein the shield source is included on the first shield implementation device and the second shield implementation device in a conveyor belt configuration.

2. The sensor shield defined in claim 1 wherein the first shield implementation device receives the shield source in a rolled configuration.

3. The sensor shield defined in claim 1 wherein the shield source comprises a plurality of segments.

4. The sensor shield defined in claim 3 wherein the segments are equally partitioned.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2022
From: REIS, CAIO; WONG, PETER
To: INTERNATIONAL TRUCK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 059826/0093 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230288534A1 · Sep 14, 2023
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