Title:
DEVICE TO CLEAN AN OPTICAL SURFACE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE SUCH AS AN OPTICAL SURFACE OF SENSOR OF A DETECTION SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2022/268553
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention related to a device (100) to clean an optical surface (150, 310) of a motor vehicle. The device (100) comprising: a housing (105,305) having an air inlet passage (110) and at least one discharge opening (115); a rotating component (120) having a hub (125), a circumferential periphery wall (135) and a plurality of circumferentially spaced curved blades and at least two air guide channels (140) configured to generate at least one air flow beam (155a, 155b). The circumferential periphery wall (135) comprises at least two apertures (145) along a perimeter of the periphery wall (135), wherein each aperture (145) aligns with each air guide channel (140) at its output end (140b) and configured to discharge the at least one air flow beam (155a, 155b) over the optical surface (150, 310) to swipe the optical surface (150, 310) when each aperture (145) aligns with the at least one opening (115) during the rotation of the rotating component (120).
Inventors:
BUTE RADU-GEORGE (DE)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2022/065985
Publication Date:
December 29, 2022
Filing Date:
June 13, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
VALEO SYSTEMES DESSUYAGE (FR)
International Classes:
B60S1/54; B08B5/02; B60S1/56; F16K11/074; G01S7/00; G02B27/00
Foreign References:
| JPS525122A | 1977-01-14 | |||
| US20210031729A1 | 2021-02-04 | |||
| EP3153361A1 | 2017-04-12 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
VALEO VISIBILITY (FR)
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