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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2013
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Hitoshi Tanaka, Chiryu, JP;
Muneaki Matsumoto, Okazaki, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning apparatus for an in-vehicle optical sensor includes a cleaning liquid nozzle and an air nozzle. The cleaning liquid nozzle jets out a cleaning liquid toward a lens surface of a lens of the in-vehicle optical sensor or a translucent surface of a translucent cover covering the lens surface when the translucent cover exists. The air nozzle jets out air toward a used cleaning liquid, which was jetted out from the cleaning liquid nozzle and cleaned the lens surface or the translucent surface, to prevent the used cleaning liquid from dropping from the lens surface or the translucent surface on a predetermined position by blowing away the used cleaning liquid.