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Title:
SENSOR UNIT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/131520
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This sensor unit that is mounted on a vehicle comprises a front left LiDAR, a housing (121) that houses the front left LiDAR, and a front left sensor cleaner that is attached to the housing (121). The front left sensor cleaner has air nozzles (131, 132) that jet air at a transmissive cover (125) (surface to be cleaned) corresponding to the front left LiDAR, and a liquid nozzle (133) that jets a cleaning liquid at the transmissive cover (125). The air nozzles (131, 132) are positioned above the liquid nozzle (133). The air jetting direction from each air nozzle (131, 132) is a direction that is parallel to the horizontal direction, or a direction that is more downward-trending than the horizontal direction, and the cleaning liquid jetting direction from the liquid nozzle (133) is a direction that is more upward-trending than the horizontal direction.

Inventors:
KUBOTA AKINOBU (JP)
HACHIYA TAISHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2020/044548
Publication Date:
July 01, 2021
Filing Date:
November 30, 2020
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
KOITO MFG CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B60R11/02; B60Q1/00; B60S1/62; F21V23/00; G01S7/481; G01S17/93; G03B11/00; G03B15/00; G03B17/02; G03B17/08; G08G1/16
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SHIN-EI PATENT FIRM, P.C. (JP)
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