Sensor cleaning apparatus for a vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, DY AUTO Corporation
InventorsSang Heon Wang, Nak Kyoung Kong, Dong Eun Cha, Kyung Hwan Kim, Jung Kwan Choi
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Abstract
A sensor cleaning apparatus for a vehicle includes: a sensor housing in which a driver and a sensor are mounted, a cover part configured to rotate and exposed to the outside of the sensor housing through an open region formed on a front surface of the sensor housing, and a blade part connected to the cover part. The blade is rotated as the driver is driven and provided to allow air generated by its rotation to flow toward a front surface and a rear surface of the cover.
Claims10
A sensor cleaning apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- a sensor housing in which a driver and a sensor are mounted;
- a cover part configured to rotate and exposed to an outside of the sensor housing through an open region formed on a front surface of the sensor housing, the cover part corresponding to a mounting position of the sensor;
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- a blade part connected to the cover part and configured to be rotated when the driver is activated, the blade part configured to cause air to flow toward a front surface and a rear surface of the cover part while the blade part rotates.
A sensor cleaning apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- a sensor housing in which a driver and a sensor are mounted;
- a cover part configured to rotate and exposed to an outside of the sensor housing through an open region formed on a front surface of the sensor housing;
- a blade part connected to the cover part and configured to rotate when the driver operates, the blade part configured to allow air generated by rotation of the blade part to flow toward a front surface and a rear surface of the cover part;
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- a wiper member disposed to be in contact with the front surface of the cover part inside the sensor housing and configured to clean the front surface of the cover part as the cover part is rotated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.