Integrated on-board vehicle vision and cleaning system

An on-board vehicle vision and cleaning system comprising:

• a casing being mounted in a vehicle bodywork,
• a sensor unit,
• a nozzle carrier,
• a cleaning fluid source,
• a cleaning fluid pump,
• a cleaning fluid circuit or a cleaning fluid conduit,
• at least one cleaning fluid nozzle associated with the nozzle carrier and communicating with the cleaning fluid source,
• wherein the nozzle carrier is integrated into the casing with the sensor unit and is moveable within the casing between a first position and a second position, the first position being a retracted position where the nozzle carrier is arranged below or in alignment with an external vehicle bodywork surface, and the second position being an extended position where the nozzle carrier projects from the external vehicle bodywork surface and wherein the second position is the operating position where the nozzle is aiming at an exposed surface of the sensor unit so that cleaning fluid will be propelled onto the exposed surface of the sensor unit in the operating position, and
• wherein the nozzle carrier is moveable within the casing between the first position and the second position with motion along an axis, wherein the motion along the axis consists of linear motion.