Camera Arm with Cleaning Device for Camera Lens with Air Channel System

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a camera arm adapted for an exterior camera arm system to be mounted on an exterior side of a vehicle comprising a recess provided for receiving a camera with an outer camera lens being part of or protruding from a recess surrounding outer surface of the camera arm, wherein the camera arm comprises a passive camera cleaning component established by an inlet opening facing towards a driving direction of the vehicle when being mounted to the vehicle, an outlet opening adapted to face the camera lens of the camera when received in the recess and an air guiding channel connecting inlet opening with outlet opening to guide an air flow caused by an airstream when driving the vehicle, the outlet opening being adapted to let out the air flow across the recess surrounding outer surface in a flow direction with a main directional component being directed substantially perpendicular to the driving direction of the vehicle, where the camera arm is suitably shaped to provide a suction effect to the air flow in the opposite direction of the driving direction when driving the vehicle, where a cleaning air flow resulting from an interference of the air flow let out of the outlet opening and the provided suction effect is directed towards the camera lens of the camera being received in the recess when the vehicle is driven.

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