Device for cleaning a driver assistance camera of a motor vehicle
US11097668B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 24, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R2011/0094
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device for cleaning a camera lens (6), by means of a cleaning head, comprises a fixed cleaning head and a camera that is made mobile by means of drive means (10), the head being accommodated in a structural element (2) of the vehicle. The drive means are suitable for generating a relative movement of the camera in relation to the cleaning head, between a passive image capture position in which the camera is disposed accommodated in said structural element of the vehicle facing the cleaning head, and an active position in which the camera is deployed at a distance from the structural element of the vehicle to allow image capture. The device is particularly effective when applied to the cleaning of a reversing camera implanted in motor vehicles.
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