Vehicle assembly for cleaning sensor
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMichael Robertson, Jr., Nicholas Sharpe, Segundo Baldovino, Venkatesh Krishnan
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Abstract
A vehicle assembly includes a vehicle exterior panel, a nozzle, and a wind panel fixed to the nozzle. The nozzle and the wind panel are movable together along an axis between a retracted axial position concealed behind the vehicle exterior panel and an extended axial position extending outward from the vehicle exterior panel. The nozzle and the wind panel are rotatable together about the axis when in the extended axial position. The wind panel is arranged to rotate the nozzle about the axis responsive to airflow directed at the wind panel.
Claims20
A vehicle assembly comprising:
- a vehicle exterior panel;
- a nozzle;
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- a wind panel fixed to the nozzle;
- the nozzle and the wind panel movable together along an axis between a retracted axial position concealed behind the vehicle exterior panel and an extended axial position extending outward from the vehicle exterior panel;
- the nozzle and the wind panel rotatable together about the axis when in the extended axial position;
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- the wind panel arranged to rotate the nozzle about the axis responsive to airflow directed at the wind panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.