Back to results
US 12,594,911 B2Granted
Compression device and sensor cleaning system including the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsYoung Dug Yang, Sung Jun Hwang
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A sensor cleaning system for a hydrogen vehicle includes hydrogen as fuel and includes a compression device configured to operate by a flow of the hydrogen, and one or more nozzles configured to spray a compressed fluid generated by the compression device onto a sensor.
Claims10
A sensor cleaning system for a hydrogen vehicle using hydrogen as fuel, the system comprising:
- a compression device configured to operate by a flow of the hydrogen;
- and
- one or more nozzles configured to spray a compressed fluid generated by the compression device onto a sensor, wherein the compression device includes:
- a turbine configured to rotate by the flow of the hydrogen;
- a cam shaft rotatably connected to the turbine;
- and
- a compressor configured to generate the compressed fluid by a rotation of the cam shaft.
4 more elements
A hydrogen vehicle including a sensor cleaning system, the hydrogen vehicle comprising:
- a compression device disposed on a line through which hydrogen is supplied from a hydrogen tank to a fuel cell stack or a hydrogen engine and configured to generate a compressed fluid through a flow of the hydrogen;
- and
- one or more nozzles configured to spray the compressed fluid onto the sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.