US 12,001,230 B2
Sensing and control of vehicle wash components and systems and methods thereof
Ken Martin, Little Canada, MN (US); and Bryan Flood, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to Sonny's HFI Holdings, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Sonny's HFI Holdings, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/237,487.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/021,161, filed on May 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0349482 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. G05D 7/06 (2006.01); B05B 12/00 (2018.01); B60S 3/04 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 7/0617 (2013.01) [B05B 12/00 (2013.01); B60S 3/04 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G05B 19/0426 (2013.01); G05D 7/0688 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31131 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plurality of vehicle wash components configured to control fluid delivery at a vehicle wash location, each of the plurality of vehicle wash components comprising:
a processor configured to control an operational status of the vehicle wash component;
an actuator communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to operate the vehicle wash component; and
a power source electrically coupled to the processor and the actuator,
wherein the vehicle wash component includes the processor integrated into a single assembly, wherein the processor is configured to receive a 24 VAC, 24 VDC, or 120 VAC, ±20% signal from a customary car wash controller located at the vehicle wash location, the signal for commanding control of the vehicle wash component located at the vehicle wash location according to operating parameters of the customary car wash controller, and upon receipt of the signal, the processor interprets the signal, generates a separate signal for controlling the operational status of the vehicle wash component according to operating parameters of the vehicle wash component that are different from the operating parameters of the customary car wash controller, and transmits the generated signal to the actuator such that the vehicle wash component is operated using the operating parameters of the vehicle wash component,
wherein the actuator receives the signal from the processor, and
wherein the power source provides power to the actuator for operating the vehicle wash component based on the generated signal for the control of fluid delivery.