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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2019
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Nagaokakyo, JP;
Shinichiro Ichiguchi, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Katsumi Fujimoto, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Chikahiro Horiguchi, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Kenji Nishiyama, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Kuratani, Nagaokakyo, JP;
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning device for an imaging unit includes a housing that holds an imaging section, a protection cover provided in the visual field of the imaging section, a vibrator section that vibrates the protection cover, and a cleaning nozzle that discharges a cleaning liquid. The cleaning liquid discharged by the discharge section reaches a surface of side of the protection cover that is opposite to the side thereof adjacent to or in a vicinity of the imaging section. According to the vibrator section vibrating the protection cover, a portion of surface of the protection cover exhibits an amount of displacement larger than that of a portion of surface of the protection cover that the discharged cleaning liquid has reached.