US 11,912,246 B2
Vehicle sensor system, vehicle provided with the vehicle sensor system, and vehicle
Masaru Sakai, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 16/648,942
Filed by KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 13, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/033961
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 19, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/059083, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-180320 (JP), filed on Sep. 20, 2017; application No. 2017-180321 (JP), filed on Sep. 20, 2017; application No. 2017-180322 (JP), filed on Sep. 20, 2017; and application No. 2017-180323 (JP), filed on Sep. 20, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0247367 A1, Aug. 6, 2020
Int. Cl. B60S 1/52 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 1/52 (2013.01) [B60R 11/00 (2013.01); G01S 7/497 (2013.01); G01S 2007/4977 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle sensor system comprising:
an on-board sensor that can be attached to a vehicle via an aiming mechanism configured to adjust an aiming direction of the on-board sensor; and
a cleaner having a nozzle configured to spray a cleaning medium toward the on-board sensor,
wherein the nozzle is attached to a component configured to be displaced in accordance with the aiming direction of the on-board sensor, and
wherein an angle of the nozzle with respect to the on-board sensor is unchanged when the aiming direction of the on-board sensor is changed by the aiming mechanism.