Vehicle roof module for a sensor
AssigneeInalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.
InventorsBob Hubertus Marcus Maria Aarts, Thomas Anton Martijnszoon Albers
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a vehicle roof module for a sensor. The module includes a wiper assembly with a wiper blade carried on a wiper arm, and a sensor housing with a visor, and a sensor having a field of view aligned with the visor, The roof module further includes a guide defining a wiping path and a parking path and a slide configured for sliding the wiper assembly over the guide along the wiping path and the parking path. When sliding the wiper assembly over the wiping path slides the wiper arm along the sensor housing such that the wiper blade wipes the visor and when sliding the wiper assembly over the parking path slides the wiper arm along the sensor housing while the wiper blade is lifted from the visor.
Claims15
A vehicle roof module for a sensor, comprising:
- a wiper assembly comprising a wiper blade carried on a wiper arm;
- a sensor housing comprising a visor;
- a guide defining a wiping path and a parking path;
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- a slide configured to slide the wiper assembly over the guide along the wiping path and the parking path,
- wherein the wiper arm slides along the sensor housing such that the wiper blade wipes the visor, and
- wherein the wiper arm slides along the sensor housing while the wiper blade is lifted from the visor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.