The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2016
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Akinobu Kubota, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuhiro Ichikawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroaki Kimura, Shizuoka, JP;
Junji Baba, Shizuoka, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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 ().