PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a foreign object removal device which enables improvement of versatility during attachment while maintaining foreign object removing performance and can generate high pressure air even when a tip of a nozzle is clogged and achieve space saving during the attachment.SOLUTION: A foreign object removal device removes foreign objects on a lens (101) of an on-vehicle camera (100) which is attached to a vehicle so that the lens (101) of the on-vehicle camera (100) is exposed to the outside of a body panel of the vehicle. The foreign object removal device includes: a generation part (5) which generates high pressure air; and a nozzle unit (2) having a nozzle (22) which jets the high pressure air to the lens (101) and an attachment part (21) which is integrally formed with the nozzle (22) and can be attached to a housing (102) of the on-vehicle camera (100). In a state where the attachment part (21) is attached to the housing (102) of the on-vehicle camera (100), a tip of the nozzle (22) is positioned relative to the lens (101).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
【課題】異物を除去する性能を維持しつつ、取り付ける際の汎用性を向上させ、ノズルの先端が詰まった場合であっても高圧空気を生成することが可能であって、さらに取り付ける際の省スペース化が可能な異物除去装置を提供する。【解決手段】車載カメラ(100)のレンズ(101)が車両のボディパネルの外側に向けて露出した状態となるように車両に取り付けられた車載カメラ(100)のレンズ(101)上の異物を除去する異物除去装置であって、高圧空気を生成する生成部(5)と、高圧空気をレンズ(101)に向けて噴射するノズル(22)と、ノズル(22)と一体的に形成され、車載カメラ(100)のハウジング(102)に対して取り付け可能な取付部(21)とを有するノズルユニット(2)とを備えている。取付部(21)が車載カメラ(100)のハウジング(102)に対して取り付けられた状態において、ノズル(22)の先端はレンズ(101)に対して位置決めされる。【選択図】図3
FOREIGN OBJECT REMOVAL DEVICE AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME
異物除去装置および当該異物除去装置を備える車両
2018-05-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
Japanese
IPC: | B60S SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR , Warten, Reinigen, Instandsetzen, Unterstützen, Anheben oder Rangieren von Fahrzeugen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen |
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