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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2019
Applicant:
Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Inventor:
Raik Orbay, Hönö, SE;
Assignee:
Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 26/50 (2016.01); B08B 7/02 (2006.01); F01P 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 26/50 (2016.02); B08B 7/028 (2013.01); F01P 11/06 (2013.01); F01N 2290/08 (2013.01); F01P 2011/063 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cleaning system for removal of contaminants from a surface of a vehicle component exposed to a gas or fluid flow, the cleaning system comprising: an excitation device adapted to be attached to the vehicle component in the vicinity of the surface exposed to contaminants, wherein the excitation device is configured to cause the surface to mechanically vibrate by transferring a vibrational excitation to the surface; wherein the frequency of the vibrational excitation is controllable to be based on the configuration of the vehicle component as well as other modelled/measured parameters.