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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. 08, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2010
Applicants:
Toshihiro Hattori, Okazaki, JP;
Manabu Ono, Okazaki, JP;
Inventors:
Toshihiro Hattori, Okazaki, JP;
Manabu Ono, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/00 (2006.01); B08B 3/04 (2006.01); B60S 1/08 (2006.01); B60S 1/54 (2006.01); B60S 1/56 (2006.01); G03B 17/02 (2006.01); G03B 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/0848 (2013.01); B60S 1/54 (2013.01); B60S 1/56 (2013.01); G03B 17/02 (2013.01); G03B 17/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
An on-board optical sensor apparatus includes an optical sensor, an optical sensor cover, and a controller. The optical sensor has a lens. The optical sensor cover includes a holder and a washer nozzle. The holder holds the optical sensor. The washer nozzle performs a washing operation to wash a lens surface of the lens of the optical sensor or a glass surface of a cover glass located facing the lens by spraying a washer fluid, supplied from a washer fluid tank, onto the lens surface or the glass surface. The controller controls the washing operation of the washer nozzle.