Koito Manufacturing Company, Ltd.

Junji Baba

Yasuhiro Ichikawa

Akinobu Kubota

Hiroaki Kimura

Atsushi Sugimoto

Naoki Takii

Masahiro Kusagaya

Kazuki Kawamura

A cleaner for cleaning an object to be cleaned includes a generation unit configured to generate high-pressure air, a nozzle configured to inject the high-pressure air toward a cleaning surface of the object to be cleaned, and a control unit configured to control an injection of the high-pressure air. Even when foreign objects do not adhere to the cleaning surface, the control unit executes an operation mode in which the high-pressure air is generated and injected when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

Cleaner, sensor with cleaner, and vehicle including cleaner or sensor with cleaner

A foreign matter removal device that removes foreign matters adhering to a lens () included in an in-vehicle camera (), including a camera bracket () that attaches the in-vehicle camera () to a rear bumper panel () of a vehicle in a state in which the lens () is exposed toward the outside of the rear bumper panel () of the vehicle, a high-pressure air generation unit disposed inside the rear bumper panel () and configured to generate high-pressure air, and a nozzle unit provided with a nozzle () that injects the high-pressure air toward the lens (), wherein a through-hole () is formed in the camera bracket (), and the high-pressure air generated by the high-pressure air generation unit passes from the inside to the outside of the rear bumper panel () through the through-hole (), and is injected from the nozzle () toward the lens ().

Foreign matter removal device and vehicle equipped with foreign matter removal device

A foreign matter removal device of the present invention is a foreign matter removal device that removes foreign matters adhering to a lens () included in an in-vehicle camera (), including a camera bracket () that attaches the in-vehicle camera () to a rear bumper panel () of a vehicle in a state in which the lens () is exposed toward the outside of the rear bumper panel () of the vehicle, a high-pressure air generation unit disposed inside the rear bumper panel () and configured to generate high-pressure air, and a nozzle unit provided with a nozzle () that injects the high-pressure air toward the lens (), wherein a through-hole () is formed in the camera bracket (), and the high-pressure air generated by the high-pressure air generation unit passes from the inside to the outside of the rear bumper panel () through the through-hole (), and is injected from the nozzle () toward the lens ().

A foreign matter removal device is configured to remove foreign matters on a lens () of an in-vehicle camera () attached to a vehicle so that the lens () of the in-vehicle camera () is exposed toward an outside of a body panel of a vehicle. The foreign matter removal device includes a generation unit configured to generate high-pressure air and a nozzle unit () having a nozzle () configured to inject the high-pressure air toward the lens () and an attachment part () formed integrally with the nozzle () and attachable to a housing () of the in-vehicle camera (). A tip end of the nozzle () is positioned with respect to the lens () in a state where the attachment part () is attached to the housing ().

Foreign matter removal device and vehicle provided with same

A foreign matter removal device of the present invention includes a high-pressure air generation unit () that includes a generation unit having a drive source and configured to generate high-pressure air using the drive source, and a housing () covering the generation unit, and a plate-shaped adhesive member () that includes an adhesion layer (B) elastically deformable along at least a part of a surface shape of a back door panel () constituting the vehicle. The housing () is attached to the back door panel () via the adhesive member () in surface contact with the back door panel ().

A cleaning device for a vehicle lamp includes a cylinder, a piston slidably supported in the cylinder, an ejecting nozzle attached to a leading end portion of the piston, and a bracket for insertion into an attaching hole on a bumper of the vehicle. A structure for attaching the cleaning device to the bumper includes an opening edge portion surrounding the attaching hole of the bumper, engagement portions on the bracket, each of the engagement portions being elastically deformable and including a holding portion which comes into contact with a first surface of the bumper, and abutting surface portions on the bracket to face the respective holding portions. Each of the abutting surface portions comes into contact with a second surface of the bumper, and the opening edge portion is held between the holding portions and the abutting surface portions.

Structure for attaching a vehicle lamp cleaning device

A headlamp apparatus for a vehicle includes a left-right deflecting device for deflecting an optical axis of illumination of a projector lamp in a left-and-right direction in correspondence with a steering angle of a vehicle; a vertically deflecting device for deflecting the optical axis of illumination of the projector lampin a vertical direction; and a deflection controlling device for effecting the operation of setting the optical axis by the left-right deflecting device at a time when the optical axis of illumination is in a state of being oriented in a lower direction than the horizontal direction by the vertically deflecting device. The optical axis position of the projector lamp is oriented in a lower direction than the horizontal direction by the vertically deflecting device until the optical axis position is set to a reference angular position by the left-right deflecting device.

Vehicle headlamp apparatus and method of setting optical axis position thereof

Provided is a reference angle position setting means for setting an optical axis at a reference angle position (direction of going straight ahead: 0&#xb0;) by detecting the maximum deflection angles when swivel lampsR andL are pivoted in one direction and in the opposite direction and gaining the reference angle position based on both the maximum deflection angles detected. Projector lamps are pivoted in one direction toward the reference angle position so as to set an optical axis position through the steps of detecting a first maximum deflection angle by pivoting each projectorlamp in one direction until it is no longer able to pivot in one direction, detecting a second maximum deflection angle by pivoting a headlamp in the opposite direction until it is no longer able to pivot in the opposite direction and computing the reference angle position of the irradiation optical axis from the first and second maximum deflection angles. Thus it is possible to not only set off the deflection produced in the projector lamps and the like but also accurately set the optical axis at the reference angle position at the time of bringing the projector lamps into contact with stoppers on both sides.

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Shizuoka, Japan

Junji Baba