Patents by Inventor Cleveland E Rayford, II

Cleveland E Rayford, II has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Optical surface cleaning with directed energy waves
    Patent number: 11581481
    Abstract: A vehicle sensor assembly includes an optical sensor surface, at least two transducers arranged to input energy into the optical surface to produce an energy wave through the optical sensor surface and sense an attribute of an energy wave within the optical sensor surface. A controller arranged to drive the at least two transducers to input energy into the optical surface to produce an energy wave within the optical sensor surface to dislodge debris from the optical sensor surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC
    Inventors: Cleveland E Rayford, II, Paul Vranjes
  • OPTICAL SURFACE CLEANING WITH DIRECTED ENERGY WAVES
    Publication number: 20210249586
    Abstract: A vehicle sensor assembly includes an optical sensor surface, at least two transducers arranged to input energy into the optical surface to produce an energy wave through the optical sensor surface and sense an attribute of an energy wave within the optical sensor surface. A controller arranged to drive the at least two transducers to input energy into the optical surface to produce an energy wave within the optical sensor surface to dislodge debris from the optical sensor surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Cleveland E Rayford, II, Paul Vranjes