Autonomous driving sensor cleaning system for a vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorEun Sik Kim
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Abstract
An autonomous driving sensor cleaning system for a vehicle includes a rotatable cover unit configured to surround a sensor such as a cylindrical sensor. The system also includes a cleaning unit coupled to the cover unit to transmit a rotation driving force to the cover unit and configured to clean the cover unit by friction while being rotated in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the cover unit. The system also includes a rotation driving unit coupled to the cleaning unit and configured to transmit the rotation driving force to the cleaning unit.
Claims15
An autonomous driving sensor cleaning system for a vehicle, the cleaning system comprising:
- a cover unit configured to surround a sensor and to be rotatable;
- a cleaning unit coupled to the cover unit, the cleaning unit configured to transmit a rotation driving force to the cover unit and to clean the cover unit by friction while being rotated in a direction opposite to a rotation direction of the cover unit;
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- a rotation driving unit coupled the cleaning unit and configured to transmit the rotation driving force to the cleaning unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.