Patent ID: 11865234
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A treatment apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
a housing with at least one wall and a floor forming a treatment chamber;
a source of ultraviolet light configured to emit ultraviolet light into the treatment chamber;
a controller in communication with the source of ultraviolet light; and
a bandpass filter disposed between the source of the ultraviolet light and treatment chamber that transmits less than 10 percent of ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 290 nm to 400 nm but transmits greater than 10 percent of ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 240 nm to 280 nm;
wherein, the controller determines (i) a total energy that the source of ultraviolet light is to emit into the treatment chamber, and (ii) an intensity of ultraviolet light as a function of the total energy and a predetermined period of time; and
wherein, the controller causes the source of ultraviolet light to emit ultraviolet light for the predetermined period of time and at the intensity and, upon conclusion of the predetermined period of time, deactivates the source of ultraviolet light.