Autonomous driving sensor cleaning system for a vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorEun Sik Kim
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Abstract
An autonomous driving sensor cleaning system for a vehicle includes a rotatable cover unit configured to surround a sensor such as a cylindrical sensor. The system also includes a cleaning unit coupled to the cover unit to transmit a rotation driving force to the cover unit and configured to clean the cover unit by friction while being rotated in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the cover unit. The system also includes a rotation driving unit coupled to the cleaning unit and configured to transmit the rotation driving force to the cleaning unit.
Claims11
An autonomous driving sensor cleaning system for a vehicle, the cleaning system comprising:
- a cover unit configured to surround a sensor and to be rotatable;
- a cleaning unit coupled to the cover unit, the cleaning unit configured to transmit a rotation driving force to the cover unit and to clean the cover unit by friction while being rotated in a direction opposite to a rotation direction of the cover unit;
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- a rotation driving unit coupled to the cleaning unit and configured to transmit the rotation driving force to the cleaning unit, the rotation driving unit having a rotation motor configured to provide the rotation driving force,
- wherein the cover unit includes a cover body configured to accommodate a sensor therein, and a cover gear member integrally formed to protrude from an edge of the cover body, coupled to the cleaning unit, and configured to be rotated by the rotation driving force transmitted from the cleaning unit,
- wherein the cleaning unit includes a brush member disposed in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the cover body, and a support member configured to support the brush member and coupled to the cover gear member to transmit the rotation driving force to the cover body,
- wherein the rotation driving unit further includes a rotation fan configured so that a blade is rotated by the rotation driving force provided from the rotation motor, and a motor gear member coupled to be engaged with the support member and rotated as the rotation motor is driven to transmit the rotation driving force to the support member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.