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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2020
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Kimura, Shizuoka, JP;
Junji Baba, Shizuoka, JP;
Akinobu Kubota, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuhiro Ichikawa, Shizuoka, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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 ().