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

Claim 11:
12. 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 sensor that collects a volume of airborne particulate matter and provides a signal that varies as a function of the volume of airborne particulate matter collected; and
a controller in communication with the source of ultraviolet light and the sensor that, as a function of the signal from the sensor, causes the source of ultraviolet light to emit ultraviolet light for a predetermined period of time and, upon conclusion of the predetermined period of time, deactivates the source of ultraviolet light.