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US 11,535,200 B2Granted
Vehicle surface cleaning device
AssigneeKautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
InventorAlexander Lomer
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Abstract
A vehicle surface cleaning device comprising a vehicle integrated housing including a nozzle carrier extendable from and retractable into the bodywork of a vehicle, said nozzle carrier being provided with at least one fluid nozzle, and comprising means for contactlessly heating the fluid nozzle while being in a retracted position.
Claims14
A vehicle surface cleaning device comprising:
- a vehicle integrated housing, including a nozzle carrier, the nozzle carrier being provided with at least one fluid nozzle,
- wherein the at least one fluid nozzle has a nozzle body comprising an electrically conductive material which is at least one of in contact with the nozzle body or integrated into the nozzle body,
- and
- at least one electrical coil which is selectively energizable with alternating current power from an alternating current power supply,
- wherein, when energized with the alternating current power, the electrical coil operates as an induction heater to induction heat the electrically conductive material and defrost the fluid nozzle, and
- wherein at least one of
- the electrical coil is positioned around the nozzle body when the nozzle body is in a retracted position, or
- the electrical coil is integrated into or wound around a nozzle carrier housing of the nozzle carrier, or
- the electrical coil is arranged in bodywork of the vehicle, and
- wherein the nozzle body comprises a thermoplastic material which is filled with the electrically conductive material, wherein the electrically conductive material comprises ferrous particles.
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