Want to breathe clean air in an airplane, taxi, or your car? This invention from Ford Global Technologies LLC is an air sanitizing system that uses an ozone generator, a negative ion generator, and an ultraviolet radiation source to purify the air you breathe in the vehicle's confined space. The device automatically checks to make sure the vehicle is unoccupied for safety and the widows are rolled prior to sanitizing the air.
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Abstract
An air sanitizing apparatus for a vehicle comprising: an ozone generator; a negative ion generator; and an ultraviolet radiation source. The air sanitizing apparatus further includes a rotating feature and a motor operably connected to the rotating feature, the rotating feature configured to move the air sanitizing apparatus along a track system. The air sanitizing apparatus can includes a first end portion; a second end portion; a middle portion disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion, the middle portion rotatable relative to the first end portion and the second end portion about an axis that extends through both the first end portion and the second end portion. The ozone generator, the negative ion generator, and the ultraviolet radiation source are all disposed at the middle portion. The air sanitizing apparatus is disposed in an interior of a vehicle below but adjacent to a ceiling.
Inventor: Johnathan Andrew LineMichael Kolich, Daniel Ferretti, Scott H. Dunham
Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
Filed : May 20 , 2021