Continental Automotive Gmbh

Mannesmann Vdo Ag

Conti Temic Microelectronic Gmbh

Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh

Torsten Hahn

Dirk Ringler

Rainer Kober

Thomas Werner

Rolf-Dieter Schlein

Uwe Martin

Joachim Bandemer

Stefan Schäckel

David Lässle

Willi Neumann

Johannes Frölich

Thomas Bopp

Heiko Kalthoff

Tim Wagner

Stefan Schaeckel

An optical or optoelectronic device with at least one transparent cover and with a cleaning device for cleaning the surface of the cover with a fluid cleaning agent. In order to effectively clean such a device, in particular a LiDAR device, without the external appearance being disturbed by visible components of a cleaning device, it is proposed that the jet of cleaning agent is directed against a reflector, which is at least temporarily or permanently arranged and aligned at a distance from the outlet opening and the surface, so that the jet of cleaning agent is reflected by the reflector and is deflected onto the surface as at least one spray jet.

Optical or optoelectronic device having a cleaning device

A cleaning device for cleaning a transparent element of an optical or optoelectronic device with a fluid cleaning agent, includes a housing in which the device is arranged. The housing is equipped with an annular channel which can be filled with the cleaning agent via a cleaning agent inlet and encloses at least some areas of the transparent element, and at least one nozzle which is designed to deflect the cleaning agent onto the transparent element and is supplied from the annular channel. The cleaning device allows an increase of uptime and ensured functionality of the optical or optoelectronic device in all weather conditions and operating conditions or to maintain a high degree of uptime and ensured functionality at all times. At least one electrically conductive heating element is provided for heating the annular channel and/or the area of housing directly adjoining the annular channel or the cleaning agent inlet.

Cleaning device for cleaning a transparent element of an optical or optoelectronic device

An optically and aerodynamically optimized and particularly wind-insensitive cleaning apparatus for cleaning a surface of a sensor apparatus of a vehicle with a fluid cleaning agent. The surface is surrounded by an outer surface region with respect to which the surface is arranged so as to be substantially flush therewith or curved in a domed manner above it, and, in relation to the outer surface region, the nozzle is positioned in a recessed manner such that the spraying of the cleaning agent is realized below the outer surface region.

Cleaning apparatus for cleaning a surface of a sensor apparatus

An apparatus for volume-controlled portioning of cleaning fluid, having a housing and having a piston unit which is arranged displaceably in the housing and which displaces a cleaning fluid from a chamber into an outflow channel. In order to provide an improved apparatus, which permits exact portioning with reduced temperature dependency and in a cleaning sequence which is as quick as possible. It is proposed that the piston unit includes a piston body and at least one valve device which is arranged on the piston body and which ensures that the chamber is filled with the cleaning fluid during the reverse movement of the piston unit.

Device for the volume-controlled portioning of cleaning fluid

An optically, aerodynamically and economically optimized and particularly wind-insensitive cleaning apparatus for cleaning a surface of a sensor apparatus of a vehicle with a fluid cleaning agent. The surface is delimited by an encircling outer edge which is arranged so as to be substantially flush with a surrounding outer surface region, and the cleaning apparatus includes a flow body for guiding a fluid stream flowing from the spray nozzle to the surface and flowing away from the surface, wherein the flow body at least sectionally adjoins the outer edge of the surface, in particular completely surrounds the outer edge, and, at the outer edge, an outer surface of the flow body is oriented so as to be substantially tangential to the adjoining surface.

Cleaning device for cleaning a transparent cover of a camera, in particular a lens of the camera, comprising at least one cleaning agent feed line and at least two cleaning agent spraying elements.

Cleaning device for cleaning a transparent camera cover

A shield cleaning system, operating solely by spraying with washing fluid, for shields ( ) of an automobile light has a plurality of washing nozzles ( ) which are arranged on a washing arm ( ) pivotable about a pivot axis ( ) and which are located opposite and at a short distance from the shield ( ) and together spray a part region of the shield ( ) with washing fluid. The washing nozzles ( ) are guided by the washing arm ( ) over that region of the shield ( ) which is to be cleaned.

Headlight cleaning system operating exclusively by spraying with washing liquid

A cleaning device for a motor vehicle headlight lens, a washer nozzle (,) is arranged on a support (,) having tubes (,) which can be moved in the manner of a telescope. An outer tube (,) of the support (,) can be moved by an adjusting arrangement (,) having an electric motor (,). A connecting branch (,) for a washer fluid line (,) is latched to a fixed guide sleeve (,). As a result, the cleaning device is of particularly compact construction.

Cleaning device

A cleaning device for a window/headlamp cover (5) of a motor vehicle has two washer nozzles (3, 4) which are manufactured as ajoint component (2) and in each case produce strip-shaped spraying regions (8, 9) on the window/headlamp cover (5). The spraying regions (8, 9) are arranged one above the other and thus complement one another. This means that a large region of the window/headlamp cover (5) is wetted with washing fluid without washing fluid falling alongside the window/headlamp cover (5).

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