Camera module for a motor vehicle

Abstract

A camera module for a motor vehicle having a camera unit with a camera and a lens, wherein the camera unit is arranged in a housing, and wherein the camera unit is designed to be movable between a passive position, in which the camera unit is arranged at least partially in the housing, and an active position, in which the camera unit serves to visually detect an outer area of a motor vehicle, and with a drive unit which is coupled to the camera unit and is designed to move the camera unit between the passive position and the active position, and with a cleaning device for cleaning the lens of the camera unit with a jet of fluid, wherein the camera module has a deflection element for deflecting the jet of fluid onto the lens.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.