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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2023
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Eun Sik Kim, Gwangmyeong-si, KR;
Assignees:
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/56 (2006.01); B60S 1/04 (2006.01); B60S 1/38 (2006.01); B60S 1/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/566 (2013.01); B60S 1/0477 (2013.01); B60S 1/0486 (2013.01); B60S 1/38 (2013.01); B60S 1/544 (2013.01); B60S 2001/3834 (2013.01);
Abstract
An autonomous driving sensor cleaning system for a vehicle includes a rotatable cover unit configured to surround a sensor such as a cylindrical sensor. The system also includes a cleaning unit coupled to the cover unit to transmit a rotation driving force to the cover unit and configured to clean the cover unit by friction while being rotated in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the cover unit. The system also includes a rotation driving unit coupled to the cleaning unit and configured to transmit the rotation driving force to the cleaning unit.